From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Aug 23 16:54:24 2019 Received: (at 36753) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Aug 2019 20:54:24 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41289 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i1GZh-0000r0-VL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:54:24 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:51078) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i1GZg-0000qm-T9 for 36753@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:54:21 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51027) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i1GZb-0006d0-AR; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:54:15 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=52740 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1i1GZa-0007u6-NV; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:54:15 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Jan Subject: Re: bug#36753: The GUI installer throws an error References: <87o91it6fs.fsf@gnu.org> <20190815003001.5af31f4f@kompiuter> <87lfvkj2bf.fsf@gnu.org> <20190823020245.5b037a18@kompiuter> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 6 Fructidor an 227 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 22:54:13 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20190823020245.5b037a18@kompiuter> (Jan's message of "Fri, 23 Aug 2019 02:02:45 +0200") Message-ID: <875zmn38ne.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 36753 Cc: 36753@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Hi, Jan skribis: >> That you were able to continue without networking looks like a bug. >> However, I just tried, and when networking is unavailable, I get the >> =E2=80=9CConnection error=E2=80=9D box that only allows me to go back to= the =E2=80=9CChecking >> connectivity=E2=80=9D dialog; there=E2=80=99s no way to skip that AFAICS. > > Okay, I now know what *probably* have happened. My proprietary > motherboard - MSI PC Mate B350 tricked me - after updating the firmware > and enabling the "UEFI mode" instead of "UEFI or legacy BIOS" I got a > higher resolution and network started to work normally. Before enabling > it, the GUI installer couldn't find network connection itself, so I had > to manually configure network connection by using ifconfig and dhclient, > then I just followed the GUI installer, and it somehow let me continue > with or without networking.=20 > Tried switching back to BIOS mode, but I can't reproduce the bug > anymore. None of this happens on my librebooted machine, tried hard to > break the installation :). Guess that's it, thanks for your time. I'm > probably going to sell this nonfree machine anyway. OK, thanks for explaining; closing the bug. Ludo=E2=80=99.