Re: Help Installing Lenny 5.0.0 on Ultra 5
Collin Baillie wrote:
Hi all,
I have been running Debian lenny 5.0.0 on my Ultra 5 for a while, but I
installed with the xfce disk, and it seems I only installed the base
system. There's almost nothing on my Ultra 5.
I figured I'd get the iso images of 5.0.0 full again and do a complete
install. I'm using 5.0.0 to avoid the kernel/xorg problem. The installer
uses 2.6.26-1.
During install I reach the 'configuring apt' stage and scan all 3
install disks. After scanning, it continues on to configure a network
mirror, which I select 'No' (have tried 'Yes' also) to not use a mirror.
'Configuring apt' completes and the install goes on to 'Select and
install software' and hangs there at 1%.
There was some hitting of http:// links (even though I said no network
mirror) preceding this output. Can I assume that because 6.0.0 is now
released, the installer is failing to get the GPG key from the debian
servers and thus this error is now produced?
Can I work around this somehow?
This reminds me of a problem at 3.0 (Woody) where it would try to
upgrade packages which were used during setup even if it did not intend
to do a full latest-package installation. I think I used to get around
that by pulling the LAN until installation had completed.
I also retrieved 6.0.0 sparc. Is the xorg problem fixed in this release.
A very good question which I've not seen answered authoritatively.
I see that the cmd64x module isn't included, so I guess install will
fail anyhow. Or has this been fixed also? Basically, should I drop 5.0.0
and go for 6.0.0 on my Ultra 5? Is there a documented process to install
a newer 5.0.x release with a working Xorg?
Another good question.
Quite frankly my preferred combination remains 4.0 (Etch) with a kernel
upgrade. Not only does that avoid the Xorg problem but it saves getting
messed up with KDE4, which to be honest is a long way short of usable.
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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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