Installation over pppoe stopped working in 9.04-final

[Josef Wolf]

On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 06:46:17PM +0200, Josef Wolf wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have asked this question over there in ubuntu-installer, but this
> list seems to be almost dead (only questions, no answers), so I come
> to ubuntu-users for help to track this problem down:
> 
> 
> Installing over a PPPoE-line (ADSL) no longer works in Jaunty-final.
> It has worked since Feisty (AFAIR) and even worked in jaunty-beta, but
> does no longer work in jaunty-final.
> 
> To initiate installation over pppoe, I add "modules=ppp-udeb" to the
> kernel command line (as described in the installation manual).  This
> has worked fine in the previous releases up to (and including)
> jaunty-beta.
> 
> When I add "priority=low" to kernel command line, the ppp menu is not
> even offered in the main menu.
> 
> The logfile (relevant snippets attached below) confirms that
> anna/choose_modules contains the ppp-udeb package.  But there is no
> indication of any failure.  Why is the ppp-udeb package not activated?
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 
> Apr 29 15:16:31 kernel: [    1.030293] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
> [ ... ]
> Apr 29 15:16:31 kernel: [    3.221657] ppp ppp: hash matches
> [ ... ]
> Apr 29 15:16:31 frontend: --> SET anna/choose_modules ppp-udeb
> Apr 29 15:16:31 frontend: <-- 0 value set
> [ ... ]
> Apr 29 15:17:18 debconf: --> GET anna/choose_modules
> Apr 29 15:17:18 debconf: <-- 0 ppp-udeb
> [ ... ]
> Apr 29 15:17:24 anna[6962]: DEBUG: retrieving ppp-modules-2.6.28-11-generic-di 2.6.28-11.42
> Apr 29 15:17:24 debconf: --> SUBST anna/progress_step_retr PACKAGE ppp-modules-2.6.28-11-generic-di
> Apr 29 15:17:24 debconf: Adding [PACKAGE] -> [ppp-modules-2.6.28-11-generic-di]
> Apr 29 15:17:24 debconf: <-- 0
> Apr 29 15:17:24 debconf: --> PROGRESS INFO anna/progress_step_retr
> Apr 29 15:17:24 debconf: <-- 0 OK
> Apr 29 15:17:24 debconf: --> PROGRESS STEP 1
> Apr 29 15:17:24 debconf: <-- 0 OK
> [ ... ]
> Apr 29 15:17:30 debconf: --> SUBST anna/progress_step_conf PACKAGE ppp-modules-2.6.28-11-generic-di
> Apr 29 15:17:30 debconf: Adding [PACKAGE] -> [ppp-modules-2.6.28-11-generic-di]
> Apr 29 15:17:30 debconf: <-- 0
> Apr 29 15:17:30 debconf: --> PROGRESS INFO anna/progress_step_conf
> Apr 29 15:17:30 debconf: <-- 0 OK
> Apr 29 15:17:30 debconf: --> PROGRESS STEP 1
> Apr 29 15:17:30 debconf: <-- 0 OK

Guess, this is the wrong mailing list for such questions.  Maybe somebody
can point me to the appropriate list?