On Tuesday 28 April 2015 13:45:47 Felix Miata wrote: > Gene Heskett composed on 2015-04-28 13:16 (UTC-0400): > > I am now trying to get lubuntu 14.04-2 LTS to start the > > install, but its stuck looking for a network connection it will > > never find because there is not a dhcpd running anyplace on my local > > network, which isn't in the 192.168.1 block. And no way to nuke > > network-mangler long enough to edit and commit the correct network > > configs to make it Just Work(TM) > > Do a network installation and include netcfg/disable_dhcp=true on its > cmdline. It's how I do all "debian" installations on my own systems. I > suppose the same parameter should have same effect on non-network > installations.
I am amazed, dumbfounded, totally blown away Felix. Someone has been working on the code behind the network icon on the task bar, and I was able to setup a one machine network using it that actually worked! So the install is proceeding apace. But touchpad is alive yet. :( I've no idea how fast, but the install gui has more color depth than Mints did when booted to it after the install. This old machine could even look decent if I got froggy, and opened the screen & replaced its leds with 10x brighter ones. Since I am a CET, I'd imagine that would not be beyond my pay grade. Unfortunately, the 80 years on the wet ram are showing in my short term memory. Thanks Felix. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
