Comment 5 for bug 179794

Anthony Watts wrote:
> Hi Mario,
>
> When the "use live information" (not the exact wording) is selected, the
> test connection button is greyed out so I couldn't, so I continued on
> with the installation.
> Subsequent installation (after the bug post) worked if the live option
> was not selected and all backend connection information was provided and
> correct.
> If it wasn't correct (and not checked by me), the installer didn't check
> and charged on regardless and crashed later on.
>
> The installer needs to verify the backend connection automatically in
> the step immediately after you provide the information and not let you
> proceed until it works, otherwise the installer crashes later without a
> real indication why (unless you can understand the logs)
>
> Mario Limonciello wrote:
>> Anthony Watts wrote:
>>
>>> ** Attachment added: "syslog from system as installer suggests"
>>> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11115962/syslog
>>>
>>>
>> As per reading this, it would appear that your connection to the backend has
>> failed. Did you "test" it during installation?
>>
>>
>
Anthony,

Ah I understand better now. I've added a fix to this for the Hardy version.
Thanks for the report.

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Mario Limonciello
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