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.
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