124275 – ESSID Field in New Installer Not Long Enough

Bug 124275 - ESSID Field in New Installer Not Long Enough

Summary: ESSID Field in New Installer Not Long Enough

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Installer (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High major
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Installer

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Reported:	2006-02-27 08:17 UTC by James Kinsman
Modified:	2006-03-24 13:46 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description James Kinsman 2006-02-27 08:17:09 UTC

Overview Description: Cannot use ESSID longer than 15characters in the installer. Mine is

    Steps to Reproduce: 
        1) Follow through gentoo installer until networking setup for new machine
        2) Selecting wireless card, and then ticking wireless box
        3) Attemt to enter ESSID


    Actual Results: Wouldn't let me enter more than 15 characters, BEEPED!

    Expected Results: Enter ESSID ofany length


    Build Date & Platform: 
        Livecd Build 2006.0 on IBM Thinkpad R40

Comment 1 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-02-28 19:46:26 UTC

I changed the maximum length to 30 in CVS. To use the CVS version, open a terminal and do '/opt/installer/misc/updategtkfe'.

Comment 2 Jeffrey Forman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-03-24 13:46:37 UTC

Moving to Release Media/Installer.