Public bug reported: Whatever ubiquity is doing when it tries to find out if a chosen hostname already exists, it's not working very well.
Ubiquity tells me that the hostname "already exists on the network" regardless of whether I'm actually ON a network, or whether that name already exists. It shows me big, warning red letters until it starts verifying my user name as I type that, at which point the hostname turns from a red warning to a green checkbox. BUT the warning is confusing. If I didn't know better, I could easily stand there and re-enter hostnames over and over trying to get one that doesn't generate that warning. In fact, I gave it 4 different hostnames (test, edubuntu, edubuntu-64-1 and edubuntu-64) all of which caused the red "Name Exists" warning to appear, until I started typing in a different field. This is very confusing to the users, and I imagine is not liminted to Edubuntu, but to ubiquity in general. I'm attaching before and after screenshots to highlight this. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ubiquity 2.9.15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.20-generic 3.2.2 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.302 Date: Tue Jan 31 15:45:08 2012 LiveMediaBuild: Edubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120131) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug iso-testing precise running-unity ubiquity-2.9.15 ubiquity-upgrade -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/924511 Title: ubiquity tells me my computer name already exists on the network when it doesnt To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/924511/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs