Unfortunately for me, I'm thinking the same thing at the moment (using MythBuntu or something).
The installer ran and started off like a champ.
Since I thought it would take a little while, I figured I'd eat some dinner. I come back down to check the progress and I see a lot of errors to the tune of "Could not resolve <some site>".
I went to shoot some pool and let it run unattended a bit longer in hopes that the things it couldn't download were trivial. Wrong.
I come home and see a message "Installation failed". And to check the MCE installer logs in /var/log
I look at the logs, which comprise 2 files. The first file looks ok (it appears it is pulling stuff from the Cache and LinuxMCE discs).
The 2nd log is where the "stuff" hit the fan. I'm guessing at this point in the installation, it wants to fetch packages from my chosen mirror (I chose kernel.org) and other sites. At the top of the 2nd log, I see the installer outputting all of the options I selected during the initial installer setup (UI to use, Network settings, etc.).
Well, I've got my home network configured with a traditional router serving DHCP, so I opted not to use DHCP for my MCE install this time around. Furthermore, all of my machines are statically IP'd and the router reserves static IPs by MAC address. Prior to launching the MCE installer, I tested network and Internet connectivity with no problems. I instructed the MCE installer to leave my network configuration as is. But it obviously did something, because my box can no longer get out to the Internet. After running an 'ifconfig', I see a new network interface in addition to the standard eth0 and lo interfaces, this new one named eth0:avah. What's more, this new interface's IP is nowhere close to the 192.168.x.x private IP address one would expect in a home networking scenario. No wonder it can't get out to the 'Net.
Anyone else encounter this problem? What's the resolution? I'm thinking of rerunning the installer, but configuring this new network interface before hand to use network settings compatible with my home setup.
The installer ran and started off like a champ.
Since I thought it would take a little while, I figured I'd eat some dinner. I come back down to check the progress and I see a lot of errors to the tune of "Could not resolve <some site>".
I went to shoot some pool and let it run unattended a bit longer in hopes that the things it couldn't download were trivial. Wrong.
I come home and see a message "Installation failed". And to check the MCE installer logs in /var/log
I look at the logs, which comprise 2 files. The first file looks ok (it appears it is pulling stuff from the Cache and LinuxMCE discs).
The 2nd log is where the "stuff" hit the fan. I'm guessing at this point in the installation, it wants to fetch packages from my chosen mirror (I chose kernel.org) and other sites. At the top of the 2nd log, I see the installer outputting all of the options I selected during the initial installer setup (UI to use, Network settings, etc.).
Well, I've got my home network configured with a traditional router serving DHCP, so I opted not to use DHCP for my MCE install this time around. Furthermore, all of my machines are statically IP'd and the router reserves static IPs by MAC address. Prior to launching the MCE installer, I tested network and Internet connectivity with no problems. I instructed the MCE installer to leave my network configuration as is. But it obviously did something, because my box can no longer get out to the Internet. After running an 'ifconfig', I see a new network interface in addition to the standard eth0 and lo interfaces, this new one named eth0:avah. What's more, this new interface's IP is nowhere close to the 192.168.x.x private IP address one would expect in a home networking scenario. No wonder it can't get out to the 'Net.
Anyone else encounter this problem? What's the resolution? I'm thinking of rerunning the installer, but configuring this new network interface before hand to use network settings compatible with my home setup.