Bug#344823: installation-reports: Installation fails with Debian Installer Etch Beta 1
On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 05:23:36PM +0100, pw@flipp-w.de wrote:
> Image version: Debian-Insataller Etch Beta 1, downloaded 2005-12-25 from
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/etch_d-i/beta1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-businesscard.iso
[...]
> The installation fails after selecting and downloading the package groups
> at "Downloading file 477 of 477 (4s remaining)". You can see an error
> message: "Can't call method "description" on an undefined value at
> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 93, <GEN0> line 27053". And at
> the bottom of the screen is written: "tasksel: Aptitude failed, Press
> Enter to continue.".
This should already be fixed with debconf 1.4.66 in unstable, but you'll
have to wait a couple of days for that to trickle down to testing before
the image type you're using will work. Even then, there will still be a
few bugs, notably an unfiled cdebconf crash (which you can avoid by
opting into popularity-contest - no, it's not a conspiracy to make
people join popcon!) and bug #344785 in xserver-xorg.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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