Without internet connection, the installer shouldn't recommend the updates during installation, or third party software

We won't fix this for Maverick now, but assigning to Evan to get it fixed for Oneiric.

(nor for Natty)

Release-noted:

 * Even if no Internet access is available during installation, the desktop CD installer offers checkboxes to install third-party software and software updates. These options may not work properly without Internet access. (Bug:651932)

Since wifi drivers are on (at least some) images, a subset of this works fine with no Internet. For Oneiric, it may still be appropriate to offer this option when Internet is not available.

Scott: if you think the release notes need a bit of adjustment here, do
feel free to edit them in place on the wiki.

I've committed a partial fix for this to trunk. It disables the "Download updates while installing" checkbox when there is no Internet connection present. I was unable to do this for "Install this third-party software" because that also includes running jockey --auto, which doesn't require an Internet connection. So additional thinking will be required to determine how we handle that.

Perhaps showing different text that only mentions drivers when there's no Internet would do it.

Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote:

>Scott: if you think the release notes need a bit of adjustment here ...

The release note is fine. My comments are for the fix for Oneiric.

Marking as Fix released.

Ubiquity now properly disables the "Download updates while installing" option when internet isn't available.

As for the third party software, this includes both the binary drivers and ubuntu-restricted-addons. The drivers are included on the CD so it still makes sense to give the option, the addons aren't and won't get installed without internet connectivity (but the installer deals with that properly => doesn't crash).