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Re: dhcp idea



Sebastian Ley wrote:
> Hm, another idea:
> Start netcfg, with dhcp probing in the background while in the
> foreground presenting a select question with:
> 
> "Trying to automatically configure the network..."
> "Abort network configuration"
> "Configure network manually"
> 
> We would need then a means to interrupt this question if DHCP probing is
> successful.
> 
> The advantage: The user has full control if and how long he wants to
> probe for DHCP.

If you're going to change cdebconf -- which this would require -- it
would be more general to add a 'cancel' button to progress bars, and
arrange for it to somehow do something useful.

There are a few other things in the installer I'd like the ability to
cancel..

-- 
see shy jo

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