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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Walter,

possibly just a disturbance in the matrix. Good to see that it is no longer
an issue.

Regards,

Phill.

On 20 April 2013 16:55, ∅ <carsrcoffins23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Worked on yesterday's daily on amd so I guess it's a false alarm.
>
> wxl
> On Apr 19, 2013 1:18 PM, "∅" <carsrcoffins23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> thanks for checking that. i need to re-check to see if this is the
>> problem with the latest daily. i'll also check ppc myself. someone
>> want to toss it on an x86?
>>
>> wxl
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Str8bs <str8bslinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Wxl,
>> >
>> > I was unable to replicate on a G3 iMac using 20130418 alternate. Maybe
>> it has something to do with b43? I don't have any PPC hardware with Wi-Fi
>> to test.
>> > I tested two ways while Ethernet unplugged and booted from usb.
>> > 1. Not configure network at this time.
>> > 2. Configure network manually and just plug in information. (Even
>> though the machine was not plugged in to Ethernet.)
>> > Neither prompted me for a mirror and went on to complete the
>> installation. I'll try AMD64 later to see if that differs.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Str8
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Lubuntu-qa [mailto:lubuntu-qa-bounces+str8bslinux=
>> gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ø
>> > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 11:13 AM
>> > To: lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ubuntu Mailing list
>> > Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] alternate w/o network incorrectly configuring
>> mirrors
>> >
>> > ok i guess i was crazy [1]. debian-installer is tracked on launchpad.
>> > so here's the bug report:
>> > http://launchpad.net/bugs/1170597
>> >
>> > wxl
>> >
>> > [1] rather, here's where the confusion came from:
>> > https://launchpad.net/debian-installer (first hit for debian-installer
>> in the search engine) vs.
>> > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:29 AM, ∅ <carsrcoffins23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> I could have sworn this wasn't the case but if bugs on the Debian
>> >> tracker are updated, then maybe you never could install without a
>> >> network connection. Debian-installer cannot be reported with
>> >> ubuntu-bug, it appears, because its bugs are not tracked there but
>> >> with the Debian tracker. There is a bug there describing this problem
>> from 2007, though:
>> >> http://bugs.debian.org/429926
>> >>
>> >> wxl
>> >>
>> >> On Apr 16, 2013 10:55 PM, "∅" <carsrcoffins23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> a week or so ago i did an alternate install with no network. it
>> >>> carried on like normal and i had no problems.
>> >>>
>> >>> today, using 20130416, selecting the option to not configure the
>> >>> network at this time leads to the installer asking to select a
>> >>> mirror. if a mirror is selected, it then attempts to connect to it,
>> which fails. game over.
>> >>>
>> >>> did something change? i can't imagine so because i can install
>> >>> desktop without a network.
>> >>>
>> >>> it sure would be ideal to not have it be this way. not everyone has
>> >>> access to ethernet and those that don't can't always access wifi
>> readily (read:
>> >>> b43). busybox (alternate's shell) doesn't have the capacity a
>> >>> standard shell would and so it's difficult to get around this latter
>> issue, for example.
>> >>>
>> >>> any thoughts?
>> >>>
>> >>> wxl
>> >
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