Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-16 Thread emninger
Am Thu, 16 Jun 2016 06:28:16 + schrieb Robert Storey : > I'm not a good programmer and thus not capable of writing a better > installer, but I would like to suggest the possibility of taking the > Ubuntu approach which allows the option to complete an installation > with no network connection,

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-16 Thread emninger
Am Thu, 16 Jun 2016 06:28:16 + schrieb KatolaZ : Hi KatolaZ! > This is most probably the source of your problems. Have you tried to > install jessie and then upgrade to ascii? > > My2Cents > > KatolaZ Yes, i did - to no extent. Now, in a lot of frustration, i tried the simple (*NOT EXPER

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread KatolaZ
On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 11:03:23PM +0200, emnin...@riseup.net wrote: [cut] > as / with boot flag enabled, keeping sda4 as ext4 /home (to keep my > home from a previous crashed installation). > > Network automatically configured via wireless (router inhouse) > > I point to ascii

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread Robert Storey
> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 18:21:40 +0200 > From: > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > Subject: Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails > Message-ID: <20160615182140.40c99387.emnin...@riseup.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Am Wed, 15 Jun 2016 01:26:45

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread emninger
Am Wed, 15 Jun 2016 21:21:08 + schrieb dev : > I did a text mode install with Devuan amd64 DVD.iso over the weekend. > In a virt-manager instance no less. Everything worked fine. Maybe > give text mode install a try and see if results are better. No, here it's in all expert "modes" the same.

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 07:59:09PM +0900, Simon Walter wrote: > > We are not so spoiled that we need to use a mouse for everything, are we? > Only on machines without keyboards. Is the X on-screen keyboard still a thing? -- hendrik ___ Dng mailing

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread emninger
Am Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:21:11 + schrieb Robert Storey : > Yes, I think that this IS important to fix. Even though I was able to > work around the problem, there are many others out there who will > give up at the first sign of trouble and head straight back to the > comfort of Poettering Linux.

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread emninger
Since we discussed in irc also about the installer problems (i have, but others, at least partly share) i thought it might be a good idea to describe exactly what i did and tried: I use the installer cd I used both, graphical and text mode installer, so far no difference. I chose several langua

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread dev
On 06/15/2016 11:21 AM, emnin...@riseup.net wrote: So in this very moment, apparently there is no way to install devuan :-( May be someone has an idea about alternatives (???) I did a text mode install with Devuan amd64 DVD.iso over the weekend. In a virt-manager instance no less. Everyth

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread emninger
Am Wed, 15 Jun 2016 01:26:45 + schrieb : > i Florian! I tried it that way but it did not work. I was prompted by > the msg that libjson-c2 does not exist. May be it's provided by > another package but i did not succeed in finding it out :-( > > In the meantime, i tried another way: The instru

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread emninger
Am Wed, 15 Jun 2016 01:26:45 + schrieb Robert Storey : Hi Robert! > Note that my following comments apply only to a graphical install, > full-desktop version, which is actually the only kind I've attempted > so I can't say what would happen with a minimal install in > text-mode... > > I've g

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread Robert Storey
> > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:21:20 +0200 > From: > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > Subject: Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails > Message-ID: <20160615112120.5a0ca29a.emnin...@riseup.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Am Wed, 15 Jun 2016

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread Simon Walter
On 06/15/2016 08:52 PM, emnin...@riseup.net wrote: We are not so spoiled that we need to use a mouse for everything, are we? Simon My problem (the failure while installing the base system) happens in both, the graphical and the text mode installer. I'd suspect there's something wrong with th

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 15/06/2016 12:59, Simon Walter a écrit : On 06/15/2016 06:21 PM, emnin...@riseup.net wrote: ... But if so: Shouldn't we investigate the installer? I mean, it's not really user friendly to have an installer subject to that kind of errors. And in my experience there are even other problems lik

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread emninger
The following reply escaped me without editing the subject and the author line. Please simply delete it or at least do not regard it. Sorry for the mistake! :-( Am Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:16:48 + schrieb Simon Walter : Hi Simon! > Since it is a universal OS. I would suggest we disable the graphi

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread Florian Zieboll
On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 19:59:09 +0900 Simon Walter wrote: > Since it is a universal OS. I would suggest we disable the graphical > installer if it causing people to be put off. This may sound like > heresy, but the text base installer is not minimal and it is fully > functional. TUFT! (thumbs up

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread Simon Walter
On 06/15/2016 06:21 PM, emnin...@riseup.net wrote: ... But if so: Shouldn't we investigate the installer? I mean, it's not really user friendly to have an installer subject to that kind of errors. And in my experience there are even other problems like the overheating problem for amd graphics ba

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread emninger
Am Wed, 15 Jun 2016 01:26:45 + schrieb dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org: Hi Robert! > Note that my following comments apply only to a graphical install, > full-desktop version, which is actually the only kind I've attempted > so I can't say what would happen with a minimal install in > text-mode...

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-15 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 15/06/2016 00:57, Robert Storey a écrit : However, recovery from the error was fairly straightforward, just go back to the screen to install the basic system, run it again (note: do not exit the installer!). Sometimes the error will still recur, but just keep going back and run it again, it

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-14 Thread Florian Zieboll
On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 02:25:45 +0200 wrote: > But now there is another problem: Seems there are lost all the shadow > passwords, both, for root and user. Is there a way to re-establish > them? Hallo Emninger, if you have the installer-disk handy, boot to rescue mode (chroot) and just use 'passwd'

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-14 Thread emninger
Am Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:22:41 + schrieb Florian Zieboll : > From tty 2 or 3, you can wget that missing library, then move the deb > to /target and chroot there to install it manually. > > libre Grüße, > > Florian Hi Florian! I tried it that way but it did not work. I was prompted by the msg

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-14 Thread emninger
Am Tue, 14 Jun 2016 18:08:50 + schrieb Paweł Cholewiński : > Hi, > could You reproduce this error with another install? If yes, are there > any other errors before package dependency problem with libjson-c2 on > console4? > > Regards, > Paweł I can reproduce this error with any install from

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-14 Thread Robert Storey
On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:50:55 +0200 wrote: > Hi all. > > I have an urgent problem with the Devuan Jessie 1.0 installer: > > When it comes to install the basic system at a certain point the > installation stops with an error. On console 4 i see the following > error msg: > > . > dpkg: error pro

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-14 Thread Paweł Cholewiński
W dniu 14.06.2016 o 14:50, emnin...@riseup.net pisze: > Hi all. > > I have an urgent problem with the Devuan Jessie 1.0 installer: > > When it comes to install the basic system at a certain point the > installation stops with an error. On console 4 i see the following > error msg: > > . > dp

Re: [DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-14 Thread Florian Zieboll
On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:50:55 +0200 wrote: > Hi all. > > I have an urgent problem with the Devuan Jessie 1.0 installer: > > When it comes to install the basic system at a certain point the > installation stops with an error. On console 4 i see the following > error msg: > > . > dpkg: error

[DNG] Installer Devuan Jessie 1.0 fails

2016-06-14 Thread emninger
Hi all. I have an urgent problem with the Devuan Jessie 1.0 installer: When it comes to install the basic system at a certain point the installation stops with an error. On console 4 i see the following error msg: . dpkg: error processing package rsyslog (--configure): dependency problems -