Bug#171305: Followup
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 03:58:48PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 11:42:22AM -0500, Bob Parnes wrote:
> > 1. I was able to install version 4.2 from the tar file, using the
> > install script provided by the xfree86 website.
> >
> > 2. A debian installation of version 4.2 succeeded on another computer.
> >
> > 3. On the original computer, I tried running strace on the installation.
> > This crashed the system, but not before displaying messages relating to
> > /dev/md0. So I tried installing xserver-xfree86 after rebooting with an
> > old /home partition mounted at /home rather than the raid assembly and
> > succeeded. Afterward, I rebooted with raid mounted at /home and was able
> > to run startx successfully. According to my notes, I had installed raid
> > using the mdadm package and following the software raid howto.
> >
> > In case the above is unclear, the problem computer has software raid 1 for
> > /home. Apt-get install xserver-xfree86, version 4.2.1-3, is successful
> > only if I bypass the raid. After installation, X seems to run okay with
> > raid.
>
> Please mail this bug the output of the following command:
>
> dpkg -l mdetect read-edid
>
> --
> G. Branden Robinson | I'm sorry if the following sounds
> Debian GNU/Linux | combative and excessively personal,
> branden@debian.org | but that's my general style.
> http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Ian Jackson
Here it is
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Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
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un mdetect <none> (no description available)
ii read-edid 1.4.1-2 hardware information-gathering tool for VESA
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bp
--
Bob Parnes
rparnes@megalink.net
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