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Hello to all, I apologize in advance for
the length of this message...
Today I began the installation of Debian 2.2. It started
out well, the config menus were very user friendly, etc. It didn't end
well, however... Problems began after selecting the packages to
install:
I chose the "Simple" option to install
packages. I picked many, but not all. The first sign of problems was
during the "Setting up..." phase. For one of the packages, I got
a message like "dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
.....". I just made a note of it. This message came up several
times, by the way.
The second error message that I encountered said:
"E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code
(1)
Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to
configure the packgages that were installed. This may result in duplicater
errors or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the
errors above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall
again.
Press enter to continue"
This didn't mean anything to me, except that it was bad and
that I didn't have a clue how to fix anything either. After this second
message, the "Setting up ..." phase continued... until I came to
the third and final message:
A blue screen titled "Debian Configuration" reported
the following:
"One or more packages failed to install. This is
probably due to bugs in the packages. (Sorry; Debian's not perfect).
Simply trying to install those packages again may work around the problem, or at
least move the installation process along a little further. If you decide
not to try again, bear in mind that some packages on your system will be in a
broken state until you manually resolve the problem.
Packages failed to install. Retry?"
I chose YES, of course. Installation continued for a few
more seconds, then the "Debian GNU/Linux 2.2" login prompt came up
(without rebooting the machine). I logged in as root... and once in,
all I could do is stare at the prompt. Apparently, the automated
installation program had stopped.
QUESTIONS:
Is my system only partially installed? Is it fully
functional, or was there more do be done by the installation
program?
Out of curiosity, I tried "startx", but I got a
"Fatal server error: cannot open mouse". Funny, since I chose
PS/2 mouse during the installation (and during Linux bootup, it "detected
PS/2 port". There is no "mouse" entry in /dev/
either. I tried a simple command too, "more XF86Config", it said
that the file did not exist, when in reality I was staring at it from the /etc
directory. I'm lost, please help !!!
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.
Sincerely,
Daly Gutierrez
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