Adding X WIndows and Desktop packages
Using tasksel I selected the X windows and Desktop packages for
install. That ran for a while, then I answered the Xfree86 prompts
regarding hardware, etc. It then bombed out a while later:
<snip>
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Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/webcontrol_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/whereami_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/control-center/control-center-eu.omf
Adding system group: gdm.
Adding group gdm (101)...
Done.
Adding system user: gdm.
adduser: Warning: The home dir you specified already exists.
Adding system user gdm...
Adding new user gdm (101) with group gdm.
Home directory /var/lib/gdm already exists.
Please be sure to run "dpkg --configure kdm".
dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Setting up gmc (4.5.55-1.2) ...
Setting up libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 (0.17.0-2) ...
Setting up gnome-core (1.4.0.6-5) ...
Setting up gnome-panel (1.4.0.6-5) ...
Setting up gnome-panel-data (1.4.0.6-5) ...
Setting up gnome-applets (1.4.0.5-2) ...
scrollkeeper-update: /usr/local/share/omf: No such file or directory
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-core/gnome-feedback-no.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-core/panel-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-core/panel-no.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-core/gnome-terminal-no.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/anotherclock_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/anotherclock_applet-uk.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/asclock_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/battery_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/cdplayer_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/charpick_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/clockmail_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/cpuload_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/cpumemusage_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/diskusage_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/drivemount_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/fifteen_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/geyes_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/gkb_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/gnotes_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/gweather_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/jbc_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/life_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/loadavg_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/memload_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/mini-commander_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/mixer_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/modemlights_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/netload_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/odometer_applet-fr.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/odometer_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/quicklaunch_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/screenshooter_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/sound-monitor_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/swapload_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/tickastat_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/webcontrol_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/whereami_applet-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/control-center/control-center-eu.omf
Errors were encountered while processing:
gdm
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
What else do I need to look at to see why this failed?
Thx
H Dixon
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