Bug#694068: netcfg: Wireless connectivity present during an install but absent afterwards
Package: netcfg
Version: 1.102
Severity: important
Tags: d-i
I installed in expert mode over a wireless link from
Debian GNU/Linux testing "Wheezy" - Official Snapshot i386 NETINST Binary-1 20121122-21:21
This ISO has netcfg_1.102. Only "Standard system utilities" was selected
as a task. Re-booted as instructed. No network! Checked the contents of
/etc/network/interfaces. The only interface available is lo. I'm still
in a state of shock. :)
>From the netcfg changelog:
* On Linux: Write a network-manager configuration file in perference
to ifupdown if network-manager is found in the installed system.
Configure wired networking with ifupdown if not. Do not configure
wireless networking through ifupdown.
and
* Reword target_network_config template; do not ask the question.
Not only am I deprived of network connectivity because I did not install
network-manager or use a network cable, but this is done silently.
The machine that Debian was put on is a desktop model and isn't going
anywhere. Now I have try to recollect what to put in /e/n/i to restore
the network connection. Also, the WPA passphrase is a machine generated
63 random characters. With gpm it's a snap to copy and paste. Except....
If I'd installed to a laptop I might have wanted wpagui to deal with any
roaming. Or network-manager for that matter. Having to start from
scratch is tiresome.
Anyone who used a network during an install would, in my opinion, most
likely want it available afterwards. Please consider leaving it set up
as configured by ifupdown when the install takes place as described
above.
Some discussion of the issue is in the thread starting at
http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2012/09/msg00252.html
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