[Bug 901700] Re: netcfg segfauts when preseeding Precise Alpha 1

[Brian Murray]

I'll go ahead and upload this fix to Raring which is the development
release of Ubuntu.  However, for this to be fixed in stable releases of
Ubuntu we'll need to follow the Stable Release Updates process.
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates.  Part of that process
requires a test case, detailed steps to recreate the bug, which I do not
see in either this bug or the Debian one.  If you could update the bug
with that information I'll be happy to upload this to Precise also.
Thanks in advance.

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Title:
  netcfg segfauts when preseeding Precise Alpha 1

Status in “netcfg” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “netcfg” package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  I have built a USB-Stick to install Ubuntu Server Precise Alpha 1 64
  Bit based on the precise-alpha-1-amd64 ISO image.

  Installation works but the netcfg component segfaults!

  The installer screen shows an error. The 4th console shows:

  INFO: Menu item 'netcfg' selected
  INFO: Starting netcfg v.1.68ubuntu7 (built 2011-08-0004)
  WARNING **: Configuring 'netcfg' failed with error code 139
  WARNING **: Menu item 'netcfg' failed.
  netcfg[14152]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f8cc8e82572 sp 00007fffd1413bb8 error 6 in libc-2.13.so[7f8cc8d58000+195000]

  The installation continues when choosing the next item on the menu.

  These are the options used for preseeding netcfg:
  d-i netcfg/enable boolean false
  d-i netcfg/dhcp_options     select  Do not configure the network at this time
  d-i netcfg/dhcp_failed      note    
  d-i netcfg/network-manager  boolean false
  # netcfg will choose an interface that has link if possible. This makes it
  #d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
  #d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp boolean true
  #d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.1.1
  #d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.1.42
  #d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0
  #d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.168.1.1
  #d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true
  d-i netcfg/get_hostname string lb-new
  d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
  d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string

  
  Any ideas?

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