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--- Comment #3 from Lukas Ocilka <locilka@xxxxxxxxxx>  2009-07-15 06:55:37 MDT 
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We could use something similar to root-password (not entered in first stage).
However, it's not so easy and definitely it's not a Major bug rather an
Enhancement.

YaST Network could ask user whether they want to configure network manually
only in case:

  * There are some network devices (with link connected, or it is a WiFi)
  * There is no DHCP offered (/usr/sbin/dhcpcd-test has to be installed)
  * NetworkManager is NOT installed (if there is a WiFi)

As you can see, it's not trivial to find out a user uses static configuration.
Moreover, it's not easy to guess what a user really wants without asking them,
there are several options how to solve this:

  * Detect the issue even before the installation is started and ask user
    in installation proposal.
  * Detect the issue adjust the second stage accordingly (add non-automatic 
    network-proposal run) -- quite uneasy to do.
  * Detect the issue and propose to use manual (not automatic) configuration.

We currently support just switching to the non automatic configuration.

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