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, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | but that's my general style. > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Ian Jackson
Here it is --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 +++-==============-==============-============================================ un mdetect <none> (no description available) ii read-edid 1.4.1-2 hardware information-gathering tool for VESA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bp -- Bob Parnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
