Re: Jessie Post-Install
On Tue 01 Apr 2014 at 06:57:03 -0400, Stephen Allen wrote:
> In my opinion no - expecting new users to Debian to read an install
> report is problematic. Using the net-install I wasn't prompted for what I
> wanted in terms of a Desktop Environment. Xfce4 isn't what most
> users with modern hardware would want in my opinion - it's a Luddite DE.
Install report? Maybe I wasn't clear: from d-i's main menu it only takes
a minor bit of exploring for a user to be prompted to install one of the
three alternative DEs. Surely that makes the argument about GNOME not
being the default verge on the irrelevant.
A decision on the eventual default DE is due to be made closer to the
freeze. I can well imagine an antipathy towards Xfce playing a part in
any possible discussion.
> But not having wireless networking enabled is a deal breaker too -
> especially since it was working during the install process. Not many
> people using a laptop are going to have wired ethernet either. <shrug>
At the end of my successful install /var/log/installer/syslog has:
Mar 29 14:03:43 cdrom-detect: Unmounting and ejecting '/dev/sdc1'
Mar 29 14:03:43 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/20final-message
Mar 29 14:03:43 kernel: [ 3546.317867] sdc: detected capacity change from 515899392 to 0
Mar 29 14:04:55 kernel: [ 3618.294730] usb 1-4: USB disconnect, device number 5
Mar 29 14:04:57 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/30hw-detect
Mar 29 14:04:57 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/50config-target-network
Mar 29 14:04:57 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/55netcfg-copy-config
Mar 29 14:04:58 netcfg[3663]: INFO: Starting netcfg v.1.115 (built 20140314-1638)
Mar 29 14:04:58 netcfg[3663]: DEBUG: No interface given; clearing /etc/network/interfaces
Mar 29 14:04:58 netcfg[3663]: DEBUG: Writing informative header
Mar 29 14:04:58 netcfg[3663]: DEBUG: Success!
Mar 29 14:04:58 netcfg[3663]: DEBUG: Writing loopback interface
Mar 29 14:04:58 netcfg[3663]: DEBUG: Success!
55netcfg-copy-config carries out the changes to /e/n/i described in an
earlier mail. In your case (and mine) it configures the network to use
network-manager (note "clearing /etc/network/interfaces"). NM is only
used *after* the install so you appear to have encountered a possible
bug with it on the installed system. Not that that will make you feel
any better. :)
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