RE: Installatio report. base-config problems
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: 'debian-boot@lists.debian.org'
>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!
>
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