From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Dec 17 09:15:17 2022 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Dec 2022 14:15:17 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56146 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p6Xy9-0001OJ-07 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 09:15:17 -0500 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:44782) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p6Xy6-0001OD-HK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 09:15:14 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p6Xy6-0007Ns-9x for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 09:15:14 -0500 Received: from mail-lf1-f44.google.com ([209.85.167.44]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p6Xy4-00012S-DC for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 09:15:14 -0500 Received: by mail-lf1-f44.google.com with SMTP id o6so2730913lfi.5 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 06:15:11 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=cogjqla338aMgD50wRHlxh0W34AjJqaAptVveohS7VA=; b=V1W+Qzvk6cNfpv1JDW3Woe3wJTdqlxvASoxS1ryd+Jug1blF9SjFhJY+/URZnzWjoP NZU3HPx9BFXSEPLtpw27QLXIGjkC7p+a/5ilJV78IeaGzJrYnGRU8NeFRUoHDJ1AoEJN rdmuxm8LoY18LQYfD3TpTJvwdy5jMoerCUQeLruR12/MYSZzwnsKvtjdXkoUs+FEZ1iL 5apKclqc6vnJ5eyi4aBVImjDRMrQmPwZ3lZ3UcLskMhhh6a5+JK/HM6LhU5qk7YCELbD oDDEamb2WPAt9n1AnX+B0//RESBeloBlVAOJVvtqs8fdrTjN3oh9n60n4Ef4TRd7Rwxh jSmA== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pnNkFWGfNuARnOazZqlId8Buc6gIAkEGvGIghSGpkY5AN8bz8Dm dfTEqIkAiaLDF3It4JNv8QH/HlvghEvIJQqo3PCh59sds5s= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf7vG714rereaEcbJqienyxM4zK60t9CRXdYn1B/N9c5LRm5hvQqMI0ZYQcU2VT2Xlq9GYKNTE/5xcdAD2lNVLg= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:281d:b0:4ab:a159:3478 with SMTP id cf29-20020a056512281d00b004aba1593478mr26253320lfb.655.1671286510062; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 06:15:10 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Attila Lendvai Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 14:14:43 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: installer: installing on a VPS To: bug-guix@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=209.85.167.44; envelope-from=attila.lendvai@gmail.com; helo=mail-lf1-f44.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -15 X-Spam_score: -1.6 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: -1.1 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.1 (--) the menu based installer (1.4.0 RC2) cannot be used on some VPS-es (e.g. https://1984.is) when: 1) there is no DHCP on the network, and therefore the network must be configured manually, and 2) they provide only a WEB based console, where it is not possible to send CTRL+ALT+Fn to switch virtual consoles. what happens with the workflow is that it gets stuck in a deadend where it checks for network upstream, fails, and the only option is to press retry, i.e. a dead-end. a suggested solution: when the network check fails, then it should get back to a toplevel menu where there's an option to start a shell, which when exited goes back to the menu. another option in the menu is to try to continue to checking network upstream again. HTH, - attila