Lenovo Thinkpad 335-72G - freeze during installation at networking setup

[amdamdes]

Dear all, 

my laptop freezes during install as soon as it tries to setup networking. I can avoid this by selecting"Do not configure anything (for advanced users)"

It leaves me with the following VMs then:

 I have
 -dom0
 -debian-8 Template
 -whonix-gw Template
 -whonix-ws Template

 Do NOT have
 -NetVM
 -FirewallVM
 -Fedora 23 Template
 -Work
 -Personal
 -Untrusted
 -Vault  

Since I will use an external network card anyway, I would not need to get the built-in one running. 

Anyway, is there a way to install without the freeze or -more important for me-, is there an easy way to add the missing VMs?

Thanks a lot!

[Chris Laprise]

The first priority should be to setup a working netVM. Then you can
install Fedora 24 and anything else you feel is missing.

If you create a 'sys-net' using Debian 8 as the template, are you able
to add the networking interfaces that you need? For example, if you have
an external USB Wifi dongle, can you add the USB controller(s) to
sys-net and then use the dongle?

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[amdamdes amdamdes]

I just noticed, Fedora24 was there already and not missing.

I created a netVM )is that already the sys-net or something on top?) and tried to setup an Mobile Broadband Networking Connection using the connection manager UI. At the very end the save button is greyed out and I can only click cancel.

[Chris Laprise]

On 07/09/2017 02:09 PM, amdamdes amdamdes wrote:
> I just noticed, Fedora24 was there already and not missing.
>
> I created a netVM )is that already the sys-net or something on top?) and tried to setup an Mobile Broadband Networking Connection using the connection manager UI. At the very end the save button is greyed out and I can only click cancel.
>

I suggest checking the Devices tab of your netVM to make sure your
network interfaces are available to that VM.

[amdamdes amdamdes]

the USB controller, one of them is the UMTS stick, the Ethernet and Broadcom are added to the devices list. When I set up a new broadband connection, the save button on the last page is still grayed out. Any idea why it doesn't let me create the connection?

[Chris Laprise]

On 07/10/2017 12:42 AM, amdamdes amdamdes wrote:
> the USB controller, one of them is the UMTS stick, the Ethernet and Broadcom are added to the devices list. When I set up a new broadband connection, the save button on the last page is still grayed out. Any idea why it doesn't let me create the connection?
>

Perhaps your template doesn't have the firmware installed for the UMTS
device? Perhaps the Network Manager list could be more helpful with this
issue.

Also, its usually best on a laptop to add all USB controllers to the
Devices tab. This is because they are usually all one device
masquerading as multiple devices.