Seems like #256112 is the source of all my problems: after googling seems like it causes problems with gnome, kde, mozilla, konqueror, firefox and other browsers.
I'll go and fix the loopback interface Hope this helps Davide >-----Original Message----- >From: Viti Davide >Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 8:46 AM >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >Subject: Installatio report. base-config problems > > >Hi, >I tried to install sarge using tc1 (sarge-i386-netinst.iso) on >my new laptop (Toshiba A30-303) with pppoe. I'm not a guru >(I'm a newbie) > >Everything went pretty smooth; when I got to configuring apt >sources in the 2nd stage and I pressed "back" and exited from >the installation system. Run pppoeconf from a shell and I got >a perfectly running connection. At this point I run >"base-config" by hand, selected an italian mirror, choose >tasksel to select some stuff (I whish I could select only >gnome components instead of wasting band to fetch kde debs) >and started downloading debs... About 2 long hours. > >The last deb fetched was "mozilla-browser" wich could not be >retrieved properly: complained about wrong md5. First I tried >to select a couple of different mirrors with no success. Every >time base-config warned me about the problem and brought me >back to the main menu: I didn't know how to proceed with the >unpacking and configuration of all those debs I downloaded >previously. Given my poor knowledge of apt-get, dpkg and that >sort of tools, I had the idea of running dselect: I managed to >remove mozilla from the packages and I managed to go on with >the installation. > >I finally got gdm running but something must be missing >because the only session that brings me to something usable is >a poor failsafe xterm: if I try to run a gnome session or a >kde session the background debian image is loaded, I can move >the pointer but nothing else happens. >What should I configure/install in order to use the graphical >interface? > >Thanx in advance for your help > >Davide > >PS: the installer is definitely getting there! >