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Bug#280181: netcfg-dhcp: Proceed without prompting in case of failure



|--==> Joey Hess writes:

  JH> [1  <text/plain; us-ascii (quoted-printable)>]
  JH> Free Ekanayaka wrote:
  >>it would be  nice to be able to  preseed the netcfg-dhcp  behaviour in
  >>case of failure (no dhcp server found).
  >>
  >>Currently it seems that netcfg-dhcp prompts the user asking whether he
  >>wants to go  on without dhcp. Is   it possible to silently  ignore the
  >>error and keep on?

  JH> Have you tried to preseed the prompt in question? I think the current
  JH> behavior is good for interactive use, since it lets you skip the network
  JH> configuration entirely, and also grows some options to reconfigure
  JH> wireless if it's a wireless network, iirc.

No, I didn't  try to preseed. What variable/value   should I try  with
exactly?

From netcfg-dhcp.templates:

netcfg/dhcp_failed Template: netcfg/dhcp_failed
Type: note

don't know how to handle type "note"..

Cheers,

Free




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