Package: netcfg Severity: normal Tags: d-i netcfg/choose_interface=auto in preseeding or on the installer kernel command-line fails to choose the right interface when the first interface has no link. This is annoying for automated installs from CD. For netboot installs, it is possible to use the pxelinux stuff to enable BOOTIF and workaround it using the selection via mac address.
There is a bug about this in Launchpad that should be closed if this gets fixed. I also found some Ubuntu users complaining about it on the Ubuntu forums. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/713385 http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1713845.html This is because the autoconfig code doesn't check the result of the link detection code and return that to upper layers (see below). int netcfg_autoconfig(struct debconfclient *client, struct netcfg_interface *interface) { int ipv6; di_debug("Want link on %s", interface->name); netcfg_detect_link(client, interface); di_debug("Commencing network autoconfiguration on %s", interface->name); interface->dhcp = interface->slaac = interface->dhcpv6 = 0; ..... netcfg_activate_dhcp calls it and declares itself ready for a rewrite. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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