12.04.2 LTS, new install, network broken

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 08 July 2013 12:13:21 Colin Law did opine:

> On 8 July 2013 15:17, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> > On Monday 08 July 2013 10:15:51 Colin Law did opine:
> >> On 8 July 2013 10:23, pete smout <psmouty at live.com> wrote:
> >> > <snip>
> >> > 
> >> >>> The installer's networking works perfectly well.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Yes it does, IF you configure the network before clicking on the
> >> >> fully booted install icon.  If you click on install from the first
> >> >> postcard sized
> >> >> screen, it doesn't work.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Thanks Tom.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Cheers, Gene
> >> > 
> >> > Surely this is a bug?!? I can confirm as it has happened to me! But
> >> > what to file it under I have no idea!
> >> 
> >> I suggest filing it against the installer
> >> ubuntu-bug ubiquity
> >> 
> >> Colin
> > 
> > The launchpads full url please, Colin?  If I or firefox can recall my
> > username/pw combo, I'll confirm it also.
> 
> What url?  I have not reported it as I have never seen the problem,
> nor heard of it before this thread as far as I can remember.
> 
> A complication is that in order to report it someone will have to
> repeat the exercise of installing in the manner that causes the bug to
> appear so that the appropriate files can be collected.
> 
> Colin

And those files are?

That would not be impossible, Colin, now that I know much of whats needed. 
In this case, make a subdir on the 10.04.4 drive, mount it from the failed 
install, and save those files off so they can be sent once rebooted to this 
drive.

I have yet another bare drive I can try that on, but since I'm in the 
middle of making something else work, that will wait for the spare time.

For instance, and I haven't looked to find it other than grub didn't find 
it, and the files are not in the /boot dir of the 12.04.2 install according 
to the grub screen, but this line:

apt-get install linux-image-3.5.7-xenomai-2.6.2.1

After adding the xenomai repo to /etc/apt/source.list and importing the 
zultron-keyring, reported a successful install in the terminal window.

But I have no clue at this point, where it installed it.

Inspecting it now, reading its grub.cfg, I see it is there, but the entry 
is hidden by putting it in a submenu called "Previous linux versions".

Helpful?, not.  Another change just for the sake of change.

Is this a kubuntu specialty? When done on the ubuntu install that I fixed, 
but have since blown away by re-installing, grub did not do that, it was in 
plain sight on the grub screen.

In any event, it brought my work on linuxcnc to a screeching halt.

Thanks Colin.

Cheers, Gene
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