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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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