On 3 Oct 2001, Daouda LO wrote:
> Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi all,
>
> [...]
>
> >
> > 4. The "First Time Wizard" is a royal pain...
>
> Huh :-\
>
> > 4a. got to the Mail setup, chose nothing and clicked Next which goes through
> > the Network stuff... click Finish and you're put back into the Mail stuff,
> > looping ad nauseum...
>
> Ok. You don't have a network connection do you?
Sure do... a LAN with several other machines plus an unused eth1.
> Ok, the only thing you can do there is Cancel .It's corrected in
> current package(>=12mdk). You'll not be asked for network
> configuration. We'll trust the install and that's it.
Thanks! I wouldn't object if root was asked though... :^)
> > 4b. why does this beast go through everything for EACH user...? Surely the
> > network stuff is not likely to change per user...
>
> the last part of the wizard is network related (need access to the web
> for registration). Anyway, Cancel and you'll skip this part with
> your previous settings (desktop/themes) kept.
Not sure I fully follow this... I have 12 userids on this machine; are
you saying *each* one needs to register the same installation...? It
might make the stats look good; but... :^)
BTW, when I setup the network with my userid, I was sent back to the Mail
setup... this was a loop in the code... followed it 2-3 times to be
sure.
Pierre
