On 12/27/2016 8:40 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 12/26/2016 9:56 PM, David Wright wrote:On Mon 26 Dec 2016 at 14:10:16 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:On 12/26/2016 2:02 PM, Brad Rogers wrote:On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 13:46:15 -0600 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote: Hello Richard,The only repository it has ever seen is DVD 1 of 13 of Debian 8.6.0 ;!An idea occurs to me; Check where those "new" packages came from. I suspect they're from the last DVD you added to your repo database.The universe of discourse is a specific set of Debian 8.6.0 dvds.So when you run aptitude, is the first entry --- Upgradable Packages ( ) and, if so, what number is in parentheses? Also if so, what do you see when you select this item? (ie press return on this item, then ↓ and return, repeating until you reach actual package names.) If you do reach a list of package names, with an appearance like so: --\ Upgradable Packages (1) --\ video - Utilities to record, view, edit, and stream video files (1) --\ main - The main Debian archive (1) i get-iplayer 2.94-1 2.97-1 what packages does it want to upgrade, and from which version to which? (It would be nice to have some concrete examples of what's being discussed.) Cheers, David.I can't give any info from the particular box in use at the start of this thread. It has developed some strange, apparently hardware related, that prevents me from doing a clean Debian install using my normal preseed.cfg . It no longer has a functional Debian. However I have another box displaying the same symptoms. But I do not know from how many DVDs of Debian 8.6.0 packages were installed. When running aptitude it reports: <begin quote> aptitude 0.6.11 --- Installed Packages (869) --- Not Installed Packages (41553) --- Virtual Packages (5124) --- Tasks (216) </end quote> Synaptic shows >> 200 packages with the star in box icon. There is one more data-point. Before the first box went into meltdown I had run a install using the first entry on the installer's menu. I showed none of the "star in box" icons. I'm beginning to suspect these aberrant "star in box" icons revolve around my choice of which packages to load with my preseed.cfg file. I've got a full morning's work ahead of me. More later.
I have done an install on the *SECOND* using preseeding and ONLY DVD #1.
It has no apparent problems, particularly no "star in box" icons.I have done TWO installs on the *FIRST* machine. It *HAS developed* a machine related problem.
First Install: Use preseeding and DVD #1.Install appeared typical. Boot appears to proceed normally until when I expect GUI to appear. I always get a blank screen. _Sometimes_ booting with "recovery mode" and entering Cntrl-D gives me the GUI.
Second Install: Use no preseeding with first menu choice.When asked for choice of desktop etc. I clear all except "standard utilities".
I get a functional CLI environment.I do apt-get install with the same set of packages specified in the preseed file.
At completion typing startx brings up the GUI.However booting from the grub menu has the same set of problems as the first install.
That laptop's fan had failed. I now suspect component failure had occurred before the fan was replaced. I'll keep it for education experiments in trouble shooting. Off to get another machine to be my test bed for Debian.
Thanks you all.