Bug#279723: Broken dependency installing Debian (sarge) using network install
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: <Fill in date and from where you got the
image>
uname -a: Linux gauche 2.4.27-1-386 #1 Fri Sept 3 06:24:46 UTC 2004
i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Thu Nov 4 13:15:22 CST 2004
Method:
--How did you install? CD1 of Sarge, then network install.
README.txt on CDROM says: Debian GNU/Linux testing "Sarge" - Official
Snapshot i386 Binary-1
--What did you boot off? CDROM
--If network install, from where? Proxied?>
gladiator.real-time.com
ftp.us.debian.org
<somewhere>.uchicago.edu
mirror.cs.wisc.edu
No proxies. "Testing" was selected for packages.
Machine: HP Compaq nc6000 laptop
Processor: Pentium M
Memory: 1.0gb
Root Device: ide, /dev/hda1.
Root Size/partition table:
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda5 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 is09660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sda /media/usb0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
not relevant
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
After the reboot, the Debian Base System Configuration occurs. I
configured apt to the four ftp sites noted above, using "testing" as
the distribution. I then went to "Select and install packages". This is
where I ran into trouble.
I selected "manual package selection" and then OK. The screen went
black while a few lines were printed out, then suddenly the screen went
back to the installer (blue background with low-res graphics) saying
that the installation had failed. Specifically:
<quote>
There was a problem installing the selected software
One or more packages failed to install. This may be due to bugs in the
packages, or you may be out of disk space or experiencing some other
problem.
...
<endquote>
PROBLEM 1
---------
The real error was on the black screen, but it was overwritten so fast
by the generic "installation failed" screen that I couldn't see what
failed or why. Only by timing a CTRL/S press *just right* was I able to
see the underlying cause.
Please correct the installer to capture the screen output or pause the
screen display before erasing it, so that if failures occur, they can
be seen. This makes it easier to report.
PROBLEM 2
---------
The contents of the black screen with white letters is this:
<quote>
Reading Package Lists... Done
Buildng Dependency Tree
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies, some packages cannot be installed
E: Unable to resolve some dependencies!
Some packages had unmet dependencies. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libreadline-common: Conflicts: libreadline4 (< 4.3.13) but 4.3-11
is to be installed.
tasksel: aptitude failed
<endquote>
This dependency problem needs to be fixed.
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