Bug 7798

Summary:	Ethernet network not found at installation from DVD
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Henri de Solages <fiable>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	rwobben, thierry.vignaud, tmb
Version:	2	Keywords:	NEEDINFO
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
Status comment:

Description Henri de Solages 2012-10-15 10:44:14 CEST

Description of problem:
When installing Mageia from the x86_64 DVD, I chose FTP as secondary source. The installer said it couldn't find the network. I checked from an other computer that internet connexion had not been cut. I tried a second time, choosing HTTP as secondary source, and got the same answer. I tried a third time, choosing no secondary source: it worked, and the network was found after installation.
It's an ethernet network, with DHCP-router connected to internet.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia 2

How reproducible:
I tried twice.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download Mageia 2 x86_64 DVD.
2. Burn the image on a DVD.
3. Insert the DVD on a computer.
4. Reboot.
5. Choose to install Mageia.
6. Choose not to use the existing partitions but to erase everything.
7. Choose Mongolia as first language, British English, French, Spanish and Greek as secondary languages.
8. Choose to update the packages at installation.
9. Choose HTTP or FTP as secondary source of packages.

Comment 1 Thierry Vignaud 2012-10-15 13:21:03 CEST

Also, can you run "bug" on the second terminal (Alt+Ctrl+2) after those failures in order to get a report bug file and attach it to this bug report?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud

Comment 2 Henri de Solages 2012-10-17 10:00:54 CEST

Thank you. What exactly do you mean by "after"? During the installation process, or now?

Comment 3 Henri de Solages 2012-10-18 08:26:28 CEST

I pressed Alt+Ctrl+F2 (rather than Alt+Ctrl+2) and, from there, "bug". The answer is:

ask_from_list: empty list
interactive::ask_from_listf_raw() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/interactive.pm:281
interactive::ask_from_listf() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/install.pm:414
install::commands::bug() called from /usr/bin/bug:16
(eval)() called from /usr/bin/bug:14

There is no normal file in / , just directories and links, except a file called hotplug, dated 2012-05-31.

So I don't know what report to send to you. Even if there where one, I wouldn't know how to send it to you: I don't have any network, and I don't know if and how to write on a flash at that stage: there is no "media" directory in / .

Comment 4 Henri de Solages 2012-10-18 09:56:02 CEST

I'm now not sure this is a bug.
   Our DHCP is configured with address reservations, and possibly refused to give again the same IP address to the Mac address it had already given it with a different OS (Ubuntu). I don't understand well how it works (how the router can "know" that the OS is not the same), but I couldn't connect even after installation and reboot, until I unplugged the router during 10s, after what I instantly got the connection without doing anything on the PC. I don't remember at all having had this problem when installing Ubuntu or Fedora.
   I also notice that our router automatically found the names of the Ubuntu and Fedora PCs, but not the name of the now 2 Mageia PCs, though the name is in /etc/hostname.
   These 2 problems may be related. Does some security measure hide the name from the network and prevent the router to recognise the PCs?

Comment 5 Thierry Vignaud 2012-12-11 16:21:06 CET

It's a duplicate of bug #8282, but for mga2.
Thomas: if you plan to rebuild mga2's stage2, we could backport #8282 fix after it got more testing in cauldron

CC: (none) => tmb

Comment 6 roelof Wobben 2013-01-07 09:37:58 CET

Because bug #8282 is closed we also close this one as fixed. 

Roelof

CC: (none) => r.wobben

Comment 7 roelof Wobben 2013-01-07 09:38:25 CET


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 8282 ***

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => DUPLICATE