Bug#688273: Preseed netcfg/use_autoconfig and netcfg/disable_dhcp doesn't work

[YunQiang Su <wzssyqa@gmail.com>]

same to me, disable_autoconfig works, while use_autoconfig not.

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat 22 Sep 2012 at 01:41:44 +0200, Philipp Kern wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:01:52AM +0800, YunQiang Su wrote:
>> > I preseed like the fellow,
>> >
>> > d-i netcfg/use_autoconfig boolean false
>> > d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp boolean true
>> >
>> > But it still try dhcp first.
>>
>> could you try this, please?
>>
>> d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true
>
> As the only line in preseed.cfg
>
>    d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true
>
> give a screen with 'no' highlighted.
>
> Having the two lines
>
>    d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true
>    d-i netcfg/use_autoconfig boolean false
>
> moves d-i on to static configuration. I usually rely on the templates
> file for preconfiguration parameters so would not have been aware of
> disable_autoconfig. Also, advice on the web does not mention using it
> in conjunction with use_autoconfig.
>
> The kernel command line
>
>    netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean=true netcfg/use_autoconfig boolean=false
>
> also works.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian.



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YunQiang Su