Brian wrote: > In line with bw's suggestion you can now > provide some hard information to base > theories and solutions on. > > We surmise your computer is connected to > a router by an ethernet cable. Boot the > installer in expert mode and go through the > first two screens. Say "no" to providing > firmware (it all seems wireless related and > you have no desire for wireless). > Eventually you will be asked for what > interface to use. We want to know everything > you see on the screen at that point. > > Choose an interface and move on. Is this > where it fails? Let us know what you see. > Stop, switch to console 2 and do 'more > /var/log/syslog'. Anything towards the end of > that log?
I managed to install it by unplugging the Ethernet cable, moving the computer to another place, and instead using a smartphone with USB-tethering to provide Internet. Now one wonders, what will happen when I plug in an Ethernet cable once more and expect Internet to work? Will it? -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573
