kubuntu flight 5 install networking problem

Bug #35517 reported by Brian Cade
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netcfg (Ubuntu)
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Medium
Ralph Janke

Bug Description

Hi,

In trying to install Flight 5 Kubuntu, the installer was hanging on network detection for a default i386 install. I have a D-Link DWL-AG530 wireless card that requires ndiswrapper and a RealTek RTL8139/810X on a shuttle board.

With the wireless card installed, I couldn't get past the network detection and could not find anywhere to manually configure networking. This was both using the wireless card to get out (which I expected) but also with the RealTek hooked into the cable modem.

After removing the wireless card, the installer detected the RealTek without any problems. Short of having an option to manually configure which card to use, would it be possible to flag this in the installer error?

Thanks.

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Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report.

Brian:

Is the card still causing problems on more recent dapper beta CDs?

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Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe) wrote :

Setting to needsinfo pending reply from Brian.

Changed in netcfg:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Brian Cade (bcade) wrote : Re: [Bug 35517] Re: kubuntu flight 5 install networking problem

Hi,

I haven't installed from scratch since on this box. The card is picked
up from ndiswrapper now, though in previous flights I needed to install
ndiswrapper from source. It was just needing to remove the card during
the install in order to proceed with detection of the wired connection-
there was no warning of a problem or choice to use eth0 instead of wlan.

Thanks,
--
Brian Cade, MS
Systems Coordinator
Division of Sleep Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
221 Longwood Avenue, BLI-533
Boston, MA 02115-5817
Tel. 1-800-722-5520 x31160

Quoting Sitsofe Wheeler <email address hidden>:

> Thank you for your bug report.
>
> Brian:
>
> Is the card still causing problems on more recent dapper beta CDs?
>
> --
> kubuntu flight 5 install networking problem
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/35517
>

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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) wrote :

Kubuntu flight 5 was a candidate release. Does this error also occur on the final kubuntu dapper release? Does it occur on edgy and feisty?

Changed in netcfg:
assignee: nobody → txwikinger
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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) wrote :

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in netcfg:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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