ubiquity: install screen "Who are you" finds my machine name on the network even on names that don't exist
Bug #1032175 reported by
Colin Ian King
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #924511: ubiquity tells me my computer name already exists on the network - hostname lookup can be slow.
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Bug Description
Today's ISO test (2nd August), AMD64 image, Desktop install, on the "Install, Who are you?" screen. I entered several valid machine names that I know does not exist on my small home network in the "Your computer's name:" field and I always got the error messages in red: "That name already exists on the network.".
This is wrong and misleading. A novice user may then keep on trying to find a unique machine name and then give up with the install if they keep on getting clashing name error messages.
| tags: | added: ubi-usersetup |
| tags: | added: quantal |
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