Re: dselect problem - can't install stuff
On Thu, 03 Jun 1999, Erik Sandblom wrote: If you wish to use the multicd installation method, as is the default for CD-based installs, you should be careful to insert the LAST BINARY CD of your set when you start I have the 4-cd set but I put in CD 1. Did I break something in doing so? Can I fix it? Hi, I chuckled when I read this, as it's exactly what I did. I gave up at that point and used the apt access method, as my PC has a network card and Internet acess was working after the base install. I very successfully downloaded everything from the default site. However, I would very much like to know how the multi-CD install is supposed to work. There's not much documentation as yet on dselect. Regards, Barry Kauler
Re: dselect problem - can't install stuff
You wrote this: I just installed debian 2.1 slink for the first time; dselect doesn't seem to be working. Possible explanations: I didn't read the readme on the 4 CDs I have, where it says If you wish to use the multicd installation method, as is the default for CD-based installs, you should be careful to insert the LAST BINARY CD of your set when you start I have the 4-cd set but I put in CD 1. Did I break something in doing so? Can I fix it? In dselect, just select option one (Access) and choose multi-cd if it's not already chosen. Then choose option number 2 (Update) to update all the package information. All the appropriate stuff on CD 2 will now be visible in the main 'Select' screen. There's nothing stopping you installing from CD 1 and then using CD 2 after you've installed it - you just need to choose Update and everything's available. Also, when dselect gets the files from the CDs, it finishes off by saying error code 1. What does that mean? Dselect also complains that it cannot open the file, /var/lib/dpkg/methods/multicd/available You either haven't installed the multi-cd package (it's installed by default on my Cheabyte set), or you haven't chosen multi-cd in the first (Access) option in dselect. -- Kris ICQ 10537480 [EMAIL PROTECTED] checked weekly(ish) Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for quicker response (+.co.uk)
dselect problem - can't install stuff
Hello, I'm new to the list =) I just installed debian 2.1 slink for the first time; dselect doesn't seem to be working. Possible explanations: I didn't read the readme on the 4 CDs I have, where it says If you wish to use the multicd installation method, as is the default for CD-based installs, you should be careful to insert the LAST BINARY CD of your set when you start I have the 4-cd set but I put in CD 1. Did I break something in doing so? Can I fix it? Also, when dselect gets the files from the CDs, it finishes off by saying error code 1. What does that mean? Dselect also complains that it cannot open the file, /var/lib/dpkg/methods/multicd/available The file is not there, but the directory is (I checked). Many thanks for any help. Erik Sandblom http://www.artech.se/~sandblom [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.artech.se/~sandblom Homer Simpson on the Meaning of Life: It's all just a bunch of stuff that happens.
dselect problem on install
Reply-To: Hi Has anyone seen this problem with Debian 2.0 (from Cheapbytes) before ? It does the initial install fine and the reboots and asks you what type of install you want eg Scientific workstation etc and then runs deselect. When it gets to installing the packages all goes fine until it starts to ask about creating the XF86Confing file. At this point if I answer YES or No it no longer responds to any keyboard input. I can switch to another vty and kill -s 9 the current post install process and then when I switch back to the original vty it has moved on to the next package and proceded OK until it needs some user input but the keyboard is still locked out. Any ideas ? Pat
Re: dselect problem on install
On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Patrick Colbeck wrote: Reply-To: Hi Has anyone seen this problem with Debian 2.0 (from Cheapbytes) before ? It does the initial install fine and the reboots and asks you what type of install you want eg Scientific workstation etc and then runs deselect. When it gets to installing the packages all goes fine until it starts to ask about creating the XF86Confing file. At this point if I answer YES or No it no longer responds to any keyboard input. I can switch to another vty and kill -s 9 the current post install process and then when I switch back to the original vty it has moved on to the next package and proceded OK until it needs some user input but the keyboard is still locked out. Any ideas ? Pat I vaguely remember having this problem. I think my solution was to give up on the CD and install from FTP. Sorry this isn't any help, but I did want you to know that you're not the only one to have experienced this. Actually, as I remember, it seems that the display output started getting flakey also, not putting line breaks where they belonged, etc. I think I had to switch to a different vterm and kill that entire login process in order to regain control of that vterm. -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC!
Re: dselect problem on install
When I installed from Cheep Bites I couldn't create the XF86Config file, although the setup carried on. The only slight problem I have had since is I can't run XF86Setup. (What a shame, as I would run xf86config anyway) (It mucks up my screen putting everything in This Sort Of Format Here.) I think there is something wrong with the cheep bytes cd, as this is the third instance of this I have seen on this news group. The only difference with the install that I could think of that could cause your problem apart from an obscure hardware thing I can think of is that I chose the 'Custom Setup' and al so used dselect to remove all the packages I didn't need. If this doesn't help, I have no idea what is wrong. Peter Allen Patrick Colbeck wrote: Reply-To: Hi Has anyone seen this problem with Debian 2.0 (from Cheapbytes) before ? It does the initial install fine and the reboots and asks you what type of install you want eg Scientific workstation etc and then runs deselect. When it gets to installing the packages all goes fine until it starts to ask about creating the XF86Confing file. At this point if I answer YES or No it no longer responds to any keyboard input. I can switch to another vty and kill -s 9 the current post install process and then when I switch back to the original vty it has moved on to the next package and proceded OK until it needs some user input but the keyboard is still locked out. Any ideas ? Pat -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: dselect problem on install
Allens wrote: When I installed from Cheep Bites I couldn't create the XF86Config file, although the setup carried on. The only slight problem I have had since is I can't run XF86Setup. (What a shame, as I would run xf86config anyway) (It mucks up my screen putting everything in This Sort Of Format Here.) I think there is something wrong with the cheep bytes cd, as this is the third instance of this I have seen on this news group. The only difference with the install that I could think of that could cause your problem apart from an obscure hardware thing I can think of is that I chose the 'Custom Setup' and al so used dselect to remove all the packages I didn't need. If this doesn't help, I have no idea what is wrong. My installation did the same thing with the CheapBytes CD. I did several installs with it. One solution was to just install the base system during the install phase and then use dselect to add the packages I needed. (was time consuming) Another solution was to change to a VT and kill the hanging process each time it hung just to get thru the install (also time consuming). So, what is the lesson we have learned? AVOID THE CHEAPBYTES HAMM CDs. -Mitch
