Hello, On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Brian Potkin <claremont...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: netcfg > Version: 1.102 > Severity: important > Tags: d-i > > > > I installed in expert mode over a wireless link from > > Debian GNU/Linux testing "Wheezy" - Official Snapshot i386 NETINST Binary-1 > 20121122-21:21 > > This ISO has netcfg_1.102. Only "Standard system utilities" was selected > as a task. Re-booted as instructed. No network! Checked the contents of > /etc/network/interfaces. The only interface available is lo. I'm still > in a state of shock. :) > > >From the netcfg changelog: > > * On Linux: Write a network-manager configuration file in perference > to ifupdown if network-manager is found in the installed system. > Configure wired networking with ifupdown if not. Do not configure > wireless networking through ifupdown. > > and > > * Reword target_network_config template; do not ask the question. > > Not only am I deprived of network connectivity because I did not install > network-manager or use a network cable, but this is done silently. > > The machine that Debian was put on is a desktop model and isn't going > anywhere. Now I have try to recollect what to put in /e/n/i to restore > the network connection. Also, the WPA passphrase is a machine generated > 63 random characters. With gpm it's a snap to copy and paste. Except.... > > If I'd installed to a laptop I might have wanted wpagui to deal with any > roaming. Or network-manager for that matter. Having to start from > scratch is tiresome. > > Anyone who used a network during an install would, in my opinion, most > likely want it available afterwards. Please consider leaving it set up > as configured by ifupdown when the install takes place as described > above. > > Some discussion of the issue is in the thread starting at > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2012/09/msg00252.html
For most cases, I think not adding configuration for wireless in /e/n/i is good, however for the kind a situations you described I think the best solution would be to have the question asked, at least with a low priority. If that would be the case, changing the permissions of /e/n/i to 600 should also be considered. Sorina -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CA+qfQp8H+ATeidnpO1HHM9Rn=sgsindafh2zg12ffr0pf4_...@mail.gmail.com
