Bug#694934: Installer hangs at detect network hardware

["R.M. Thomas" <rmthomas@sciolus.org>]

On 02/12/12 15:30, Brian Potkin wrote:
> On Sun 02 Dec 2012 at 12:22:50 +0000, R.M. Thomas wrote:
>
> > Comments/Problems:
> >
> > I chose:
> > Advanced options>
> >    Alternative desktop environments>
> >      Xfce>
> >        Advanced options>
> >          Expert install
> >
> > and answered questions about language, keyboard, locale (default), modules
> > to load (default), extra installer components (none).  At the next stage
> > "Detect network hardware" the installation stalled indefinitely (more than
> > ten minutes) with a blue screen having a single white line at the bottom
> > and a black cursor.  Keyboard input was echoed to this bottom line, but I
> > was unable to get any other response from the system and was obliged to
> > use the machine's power on/off switch.
>
> Ctrl-C should get you back to the main menu.

I did thump some random keys, but probably didn't try Ctrl-C.  Thanks for the
tip, I'll remember that for next time.


> Please look at #694582 and see if it helps.

In my case, the stall at "Detect network hardware" may not to be a firmware
issue.  After I had set up the configuration files /etc/network/interfaces and
/etc/resolv.conf the commands ifdown and ifup successfully controlled the eth0
port with no need for me to install manually any packages (drivers or firmware).
I did need the package firmware-linux-nonfree in order to get the video card
working, but I assume that was a unrelated problem.

Mike