Debian Stretch: Problems with installation - computer froze
First attempt
I downloaded debian-9.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso and installed it onto my machine.
Installation was successful and my machine rebooted into tty1, the console.
After typing the command
sudo apt-get install xorg gnome-core gnome-tweak-tool synaptic gedit gdebi file-roller dnsutils resolvconf openvpn
my machine fetched the required packages from a Debian mirror.
Everything went smoothly until the setup procedure reached the following:
Setting rtkit (0.11-4+b1).....
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/graphical.target.wants/rtkit-daemon.service -> /lib/systemd/system/rtkit-daemon.service
Job for rtkit-daemon.service failed because a timeout was exceeded
rtkit-daemon.service couldn't start
See "systemctl status rtkit-daemon.service" and "journalctl-xe" for details
Setting up dbus (1.10.18-1).....
And my machine froze for more than an hour....
I had to perform a cold shutdown by pulling the power cord from my machine.
Second attempt
Next I downloaded debian-9.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso and performed a minimal install.
After installing the OS successfully, my machine rebooted into the console, tty1.
I typed the command
sudo apt-get install xorg gnome-core gnome-tweak-tool synaptic gedit gdebi file-roller dnsutils resolvconf openvpn
My machine froze at the steps as described earlier.
Third attempt
I installed the OS for the third time using debian-9.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso
After my machine rebooted into the console, tty1
I issued the command
sudo apt-get install xorg
I waited for the installation of the package "xorg" to complete. I installed the rest of the packages individually.
This time round my machine did not freeze/hang.
However, the following error message appeared:
Creating config file /etc/gdm3/greeter.dconf-defaults with new version
gdm.service is not active, cannot reload
invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm3, action "reload" failed
Should I feedback the above bizarre behavior to Debian? If yes, which team?
Regards.
Alan
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