Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
Bash has some ability to handle hex. I don't know that it can convert a string into hex though. If wpa_passphrase gets included it may be possible for the installation script to strip the wpa_psk line out and turn the psk value into hex and replace it in the /etc/network/interfaces file it cr

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-10 Thread Brian
On Wed 07 Mar 2018 at 13:25:16 (+), Ian Jackson wrote: > > bw writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation"): > > > On Tue, 6 Mar 2018, Brian wrote: > > > > One user calls it a "sick joke". After five years and with no attempt

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-10 Thread David Wright
On Wed 07 Mar 2018 at 13:25:16 (+), Ian Jackson wrote: > bw writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation"): > > On Tue, 6 Mar 2018, Brian wrote: > > > One user calls it a "sick joke". After five years and with no attempt > >

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-08 Thread Jude DaShiell
: debian-user@lists.debian.org, debian-de...@lists.debian.org Newsgroups: chiark.mail.debian.devel Subject: Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation Resent-Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 13:25:34 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org bw writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-07 Thread Ian Jackson
bw writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation"): > On Tue, 6 Mar 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I have read the bug logs and Trent Buck's message here > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694068#47 > > seems to sug

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-07 Thread Ian Jackson
bw writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation"): > On Tue, 6 Mar 2018, Brian wrote: > > One user calls it a "sick joke". After five years and with no attempt > > to rectify the situation, I'm beginning to have sympathy with that view.

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-06 Thread Charlie S
On Tue, 6 Mar 2018 13:46:24 -0500 (EST) bw sent: > On Tue, 6 Mar 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > Brian writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch > > installation"): > > > #694068, #696755, #727740 and #777439. > > > > Thanks. &

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-06 Thread Brian
On Tue 06 Mar 2018 at 18:34:27 +, Ian Jackson wrote: > bw writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation"): > > I think the idea needs to be talked over a little better, because using > > e/n/i for wireless by default after first boot has impl

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-06 Thread Brian Potkin
On Tue 06 Mar 2018 at 18:27:29 +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Brian writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation"): > > #694068, #696755, #727740 and #777439. > > Thanks. > > I have read the bug logs and Trent Buck's message here

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-06 Thread Ian Jackson
bw writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation"): > I think the idea needs to be talked over a little better, because using > e/n/i for wireless by default after first boot has implications if the > user (who is clueless) later installs a deskt

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Brian writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation"): > #694068, #696755, #727740 and #777439. Thanks. I have read the bug logs and Trent Buck's message here https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694068#47 seems to suggest a way forward. Per

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-06 Thread Brian
On Tue 06 Mar 2018 at 15:01:03 +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Brian writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation"): > > The plain and simple fact is that a user who installs over a wireless > > link and does not have network-manager does not have an

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Brian writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation"): > The plain and simple fact is that a user who installs over a wireless > link and does not have network-manager does not have any connectivity > to the internet after first boot. Long Wind solved the is

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-04 Thread Brian
On Sun 04 Mar 2018 at 22:34:28 +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > Jude DaShiell writes: > > ... > > Many ways exist to solve this problem and it took a while to find out > > what to do and how because there's more and better support from > > debian-users than is in debian wiki > > If you can see a wa

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-04 Thread Brian
On Sun 04 Mar 2018 at 19:10:02 +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > Jude DaShiell writes: > > > The least debian-boot membership could do would be to have a note come > > up for installers to execute a shell and do the file copy before > > rebooting once hard drive got mounted. This is a problem for

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-04 Thread Philip Hands
Jude DaShiell writes: ... > Many ways exist to solve this problem and it took a while to find out > what to do and how because there's more and better support from > debian-users than is in debian wiki If you can see a way to improve the information on the wiki, please go ahead and do so -- that

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
Subject: Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation Jude DaShiell writes: The least debian-boot membership could do would be to have a note come up for installers to execute a shell and do the file copy before rebooting once hard drive got mounted. This is a problem for wifi

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-04 Thread Philip Hands
Jude DaShiell writes: > The least debian-boot membership could do would be to have a note come > up for installers to execute a shell and do the file copy before > rebooting once hard drive got mounted. This is a problem for wifi users > with no impact for ethernet users. Your tone does not

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
Mar 2018 05:35:28 From: Brian To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation Resent-Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2018 10:35:45 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Sun 04 Mar 2018 at 08:41:00 +, Long Wind wrote: Thank Brian! Your

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-04 Thread Brian
On Sun 04 Mar 2018 at 08:41:00 +, Long Wind wrote: > Thank Brian! Your instructions are right, wireless works now! > the 1st time i use network installthis time i use cdrom install, it has same > problemas this problem is easily reproduced, why don't they fix it?? > i attach wrong and right in

Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-03 Thread Charlie S
On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 23:17:07 + (UTC) Long Wind sent: > i've just installed stretchi've config wireless during > installationand it work during installation but after i boot into > stretch, wireless doesn't worki didn't install network manager during > installation how can i get wireless to work

Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-03 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 3/3/18, Brian wrote: > On Sat 03 Mar 2018 at 23:17:07 +, Long Wind wrote: > >> i've just installed stretchi've config wireless during installationand >> it work during installation but after i boot into stretch, wireless >> doesn't worki didn't install network manager during installation ho

Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-03 Thread Brian
On Sat 03 Mar 2018 at 23:17:07 +, Long Wind wrote: > i've just installed stretchi've config wireless during installationand > it work during installation but after i boot into stretch, wireless > doesn't worki didn't install network manager during installation how > can i get wireless to work