On Tue 01 Apr 2014 at 06:57:03 -0400, Stephen Allen wrote: > In my opinion no - expecting new users to Debian to read an install > report is problematic. Using the net-install I wasn't prompted for what I > wanted in terms of a Desktop Environment. Xfce4 isn't what most > users with modern hardware would want in my opinion - it's a Luddite DE.
Install report? Maybe I wasn't clear: from d-i's main menu it only takes a minor bit of exploring for a user to be prompted to install one of the three alternative DEs. Surely that makes the argument about GNOME not being the default verge on the irrelevant. A decision on the eventual default DE is due to be made closer to the freeze. I can well imagine an antipathy towards Xfce playing a part in any possible discussion. > But not having wireless networking enabled is a deal breaker too - > especially since it was working during the install process. Not many > people using a laptop are going to have wired ethernet either. <shrug> At the end of my successful install /var/log/installer/syslog has: Mar 29 14:03:43 cdrom-detect: Unmounting and ejecting '/dev/sdc1' Mar 29 14:03:43 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/20final-message Mar 29 14:03:43 kernel: [ 3546.317867] sdc: detected capacity change from 515899392 to 0 Mar 29 14:04:55 kernel: [ 3618.294730] usb 1-4: USB disconnect, device number 5 Mar 29 14:04:57 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/30hw-detect Mar 29 14:04:57 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/50config-target-network Mar 29 14:04:57 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/55netcfg-copy-config Mar 29 14:04:58 netcfg[3663]: INFO: Starting netcfg v.1.115 (built 20140314-1638) Mar 29 14:04:58 netcfg[3663]: DEBUG: No interface given; clearing /etc/network/interfaces Mar 29 14:04:58 netcfg[3663]: DEBUG: Writing informative header Mar 29 14:04:58 netcfg[3663]: DEBUG: Success! Mar 29 14:04:58 netcfg[3663]: DEBUG: Writing loopback interface Mar 29 14:04:58 netcfg[3663]: DEBUG: Success! 55netcfg-copy-config carries out the changes to /e/n/i described in an earlier mail. In your case (and mine) it configures the network to use network-manager (note "clearing /etc/network/interfaces"). NM is only used *after* the install so you appear to have encountered a possible bug with it on the installed system. Not that that will make you feel any better. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140401140557.gm3...@copernicus.demon.co.uk