Followup-For: Bug #184857 Package: netcfg-dhcp Version: N/A; reported 2003-09-27
> In netcfg-dhcp, the message says 'This may take some time. It > shouldn't take more than a minute or two.' However, this is presented > in a dialog box where 'Continue' needs to be selected for this > 'lengthy' process to start. I understand we shouldn't refer to the > button name directly, but how can we make the user understand that the > Continue button should be pressed to start the operation? I think a > new user could sit there looking at that message for a long time, > thinking that the operation it referred to was already in process. file a bug. IMHO this message is bogus anyway. In my experience if a dhcp server doesn't respond within the first 10 seconds, you won't get a lease. -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: powerpc Kernel: Linux ip68-107-137-100.tc.ph.cox.net 2.4.19-powerpc #1 Mon Sep 9 09:01:43 EDT 2002 ppc Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
