Joey Hess wrote:
Chris Lale wrote:
The install is in two halves.
No, etch has not had a two-stage install since early this year.
Sorry, you are right. The CD is removed and the system rebooted after
tasksel is finished and grub is installed.
I have begun a new install to refres
Chris Lale wrote:
> The install is in two halves.
No, etch has not had a two-stage install since early this year.
> Why can't the installer just comment out both the CD source lines in
> /etc/apt/source.list? Surely the CD is no longer needed once the remote
> mirror is added?
That depends on
Joey Hess wrote:
Chris Lale wrote:
It is a netinst CD (100-150 MB)
I suspect you didn't have the CD in the drive when you were running
tasksel standalone. I've identified a case that can make it hang, if apt
wants something from the CD and it's not in the drive.
Yes, you are right
So, I've fixed half of the problem underlying this bug, but I don't know
what to do about the rest.
Tasksel uses apt to install a few packages that X needs pre-installed
for hardware detection (like discover1) before the desktop task is
installed. But there turns out to be a problem with the way a
Chris Lale wrote:
> It is a netinst CD (100-150 MB)
I suspect you didn't have the CD in the drive when you were running
tasksel standalone. I've identified a case that can make it hang, if apt
wants something from the CD and it's not in the drive.
I'm unsure how this would happen when the install
Joey Hess wrote:
Chris Lale wrote:
4405 tty1 S+ 0:01 \_ /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/tasksel
4496 tty1 S+ 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /usr/lib/tasksel/info/desktop.preinst
4501 tty1 S+ 0:00 \_ apt-get -q -y -f install discover1
4503 tty1 S+ 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/apt/methods/cdrom
So it's hanging before tasks
Chris Lale wrote:
> 4405 tty1 S+ 0:01 \_ /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/tasksel
> 4496 tty1 S+ 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /usr/lib/tasksel/info/desktop.preinst
> 4501 tty1 S+ 0:00 \_ apt-get -q -y -f install discover1
> 4503 tty1 S+ 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/apt/methods/cdrom
So it's hanging before tasksel installs the deskt
Joey Hess wrote:
Chris Lale wrote:
Selecting 'Desktop environment' (in Etch Testing) causes tasksel to
hang. (There is a flashing cursor at the bottom left-hand corner of the
console.) If 'Desktop
environment' is selected from within the Etch beta-3
Debian-installer, the installation fails. I
Chris Lale wrote:
> Selecting 'Desktop environment' (in Etch Testing) causes tasksel to
> hang. (There is a flashing cursor at the bottom left-hand corner of the
> console.) If 'Desktop
> environment' is selected from within the Etch beta-3
> Debian-installer, the installation fails. I have repl
Package: tasksel
Version: 2.53
Severity: normal
Selecting 'Desktop environment' (in Etch Testing) causes tasksel to
hang. (There is a flashing cursor at the bottom left-hand corner of the
console.) If 'Desktop
environment' is selected from within the Etch beta-3
Debian-installer, the installati
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