> -----Original Message----- > From: Lou Poppler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 31 March 2007 17:58 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Bug#416944: dist-upgrade stuck > > > Package: installation-reports > > Trying to upgrade from sarge to etch, not doing well. > I net-installed sarge a couple weeks ago, and got it working mostly well, > with gdm X desktop and kernel 2.6.8. I was having some minor ethernet > driver problems which googling suggested might be fixed by a newer kernel. > > I was encouraged by the reports of successful dist-upgrades to etch, > so I went through the "Method C" process. I am now running etch on > this machine, with kernel 2.6.18-4-686, but many things seem to no > longer be installed -- notably the X desktop (and I just noticed also > no ssh). I found that X wasn't starting because gdm was not installed, > so I [re-]installed gdm from aptitude. This got me into X, but after > I login to gdm I get only a little shell window, probably an xterm. > > I stopped gdm, and last night started: tasksel install desktop > It started downloading, and I went to bed with it showing 1hr30min > more download time. When I came back to the machine after my nap, > I find it stuck in tasksel. The screen shows "Package configuration" > on the very top line, and a text box in the middle saying: > "Installing packages \ Installed libdiscover1 " > and a status bar stuck at 75%. if the seperate tasksel is anything like that in d-i i bet its getting stuck on a conffile prompt or something.
i'd suggest you install a desktop with apt-get install gnome-core and then just install what you want from there. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.23/740 - Release Date: 30/03/2007 13:15
