Bug#794661: debian-installer: Manual configuration of network after DHCP fails is not user friendly
Package: debian-installer
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i
(Resubmitting since I'm afraid the first message was blocked as spam.
If not, just remove this duplicate.)
Dear Maintainer,
I'm runnning Debian Installer in normal mode (selecting "Install" on
splash screen). The FAQ on https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/FAQ
says that "Run in normal mode and wait when the DHCP step is performed,
if it fails you are given the option of configuring a static setup."
My testing shows that if DHCP detection fails (or if you cancel it),
you are thrown to the manual configuration of the name servers only.
If you need to configure everything manually, you need to go back
twice (!). Then select "Configure network manually".
This isn't very userfriendly.
The explanation/bug might be that you are thrown back to the last step of
the "Configure network manually" process in stead of the first step.
I have made a short screencast - see
http://www.screencast.com/t/6E78qfcLk0z
Regards, Hans
PS! I'll update the FAQ (and add a link to this bug report).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.1
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
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