Breezy Badger milestone release "Colony 3" now available

Andy Rabagliati andyr at wizzy.com
Sun Aug 21 05:47:04 CDT 2005


On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Matt Zimmerman wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 11:12:12PM +0200, MadMan2k wrote:
> 
> > another bug I noticed is that the installer now autmatically tries to
> > check for apt-updates(or something), which hangs my machine up.
> >
> > I have some weird DSL-Modem which is accessed via ethernet, so it might
> > seem to be a router, but it still requires a configuration via pppoeconf...
> 
> It has always done so, when a network is available.  If by "hangs my machine
> up", you mean "causes a delay", that's normal.  Even in strange
> configurations it will eventually time out.

I have a setup where there is a DHCP server, and a working nameserver,
but there is no external routability.

A Hoary install would hang forever looking for updates.

A kill or two from a text console moved it right along.

Cheers,   Andy!



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