On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 10:12:22AM +0100, Larry O'Neill (H.S.A.) wrote: > > Hi, > I've been trying to install debian on a server, but it doesnt have > a video card, so I am connecting to it via console. However, when I type > "linux DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text" at the boot prompt, it goes through the > initial stuff, but then gives me the error: Strange, I would expect linux DEBIAN_FRONTEND=readline > > > /home/joey/src/d-i/packages/cdebconf/src/frontend.c:160 (frontend_new): > Cannot l > oad frontend module /usr/lib/cdebconf/frontend/text.so: > /usr/lib/cdebconf/fronte > nd/text.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > > > > This error message is repeated continuously and indefinitely. > Initially this was with a minimal CD with the intention of downloading the > rest of the install as I go, when this happened, I tried the CD1 from the > full distribution, but with the same results. > Am I doomed to sit in the server room for hours with the graphical > install? Tell us how you are doing when replace 'text' into 'readline' And even more important which documentation has to be s/text/readline/ > Yours in hope > Larry Cheers Geert Stappers
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