Ubiquity offers network-required options where no network is available

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄]

Did an install of Ubuntu 18.04.2 and forgot to plug the network cable in.
I noticed the dialog where I get to choose 3rd party updates didn't alert me to the lack of network.

Actual behaviour

* Download updates checkbox was ticked *and* greyed out
* Download 3rd party software was not ticked, but was tickable

Expected behaviour

(where no network is available)

* Download updates checkbox should be greyed out, and *not* ticked
* Download 3rd party software should be greyed out, and *not* be ticked

In addition, perhaps a warning might be prudent to indicate that a network connection would be good here. Perhaps:-

/!\ - Note: A network connection is required to download updates and 3rd party packages. If required, go back to the previous screen to enable internet access.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Apr 10 17:30:50 2019
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=gb
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=C.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1824195

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

I was able to recreate this today with image 'Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)'. Even starting up a virtual machine with no network produced the same results.

[Yousuf 'Jay' Philips (philipz85)]

Repod in my duplicate bug with 19.10 daily about the updates checkbox.

Regarding the 3rd party software checkbox, which has a label of "Install third-party software for graphics and Wi-Fi hardware and additional media formats", i'm not sure this part of the bug report is valid, as without the internet i presume that some of the additional media formats are being installed from the CD and i believe that ubuntu will be bundling the nvidia driver on the CD.

[gene_wood (gene.wood)]

I reproduced this in my duplicate bug Bug #1774476 reported 2018-05-31 on the original 18.04 ( https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-April/000231.html )

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 20.04.12

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ubiquity (20.04.12) focal; urgency=medium

  [ Iain Lane ]
  [ Michael Hudson-Doyle ]
  * ubi-prepare: Properly set state of download updates depending on network
    state and previously selected state. (LP: #1824195)

  [ Jean-Baptiste Lallement ]
  * zsys-setup: Fixed typo in AccountsService

  [ Dimitri John Ledkov ]
  * Automatic update of included source packages: base-installer
    1.158ubuntu7, shim-signed 1.40.3.

 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <email address hidden> Thu, 16 Apr 2020 01:42:34 +0100

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

eoan has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release