Bug#220135: netcfg fails with two via-rhine cards and dhcp server on eth1
I just tried the new beta ISO images and the problem still occurs.
The appropriate ethernet module gets loaded (via-rhine) but "Configure
the network using dhcp" fails. Looking in syslog I see
Nov 11 03:10:37 (none) user.debug main-menu[142]: DEBUG: Menu item 'netcfg-dhcp' selected
Nov 11 03:10:37 (none) user.debug main-menu[142]: DEBUG: configure netcfg-dhcp, status: 2
Nov 11 03:10:37 (none) user.debug main-menu[142]: DEBUG: configure libc6, status: 0
Nov 11 03:10:37 (none) user.debug main-menu[142]: DEBUG: configure libdebconfclient0, status: 0
Nov 11 03:10:37 (none) user.debug main-menu[142]: DEBUG: virtual package libdebconfclient0
Nov 11 03:10:37 (none) user.info main-menu[142]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for libdebconfclient0-udeb
Nov 11 03:10:37 (none) user.info main-menu[142]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for libdebconfclient0-udeb
Nov 11 03:10:37 (none) user.debug main-menu[142]: DEBUG: configure libdebconfclient0-udeb, status: 2
Nov 11 03:10:37 (none) user.warn main-menu[142]: WARNING **: Unable to set title for libdebconfclient0-udeb.
Nov 11 03:10:37 (none) user.debug main-menu[142]: DEBUG: configure libdebian-installer4, status: 0
Nov 11 03:10:37 (none) user.debug main-menu[142]: DEBUG: configure dhcp-client-udeb, status: 2
Nov 11 03:10:37 (none) user.debug main-menu[142]: DEBUG: configure libc6, status: 0
Nov 11 03:10:37 (none) user.warn main-menu[142]: WARNING **: Unable to set title for dhcp-client-udeb.
Nov 11 03:10:41 (none) user.warn main-menu[142]: WARNING **: Configuring 'netcfg-dhcp' failed with error code 1
Nov 11 03:10:41 (none) user.info main-menu[142]: INFO: Priority changed externally, setting main-menu default to 'medium'
Nov 11 03:10:41 (none) user.warn main-menu[142]: WARNING **: Menu item 'netcfg-dhcp' failed.
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Philip Martin
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