Re: errors installing demudi

Last Monday 29 November 2004 01:25, airplays55@xxxxxxxxx was like:
> Thanks for your reply. The hardware: gateway Pentium
> 2, 266 Mhz, which used to be a windows box but
> nowadays runs knoppix like a champ (except no midi,
> which is why I'm delving into demudi). I'm installing
> the latest DeMuDi, 1.2.0 BTW.
>
> The packages that failed are gsfonts-x11 gv
> xbase-clients xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base
> xfonts-scalable and xserver-common

Hmm, similar to the problem I was having with an old SiS chipset box, except I 
wasn't even getting that far.

> The thing is, I'm trapped in the debian base system
> configuration menu, because when I select the
> 2nd-to-last item ("finish configuring the base
> system") I see a VERY brief message
> "update-alternatives: cannot find alternative
> /usr/bin/gnome-session'

Yup, as it failed to install X properly that's not surprising.

> then when I cancel out, it brings back the base
> configuration wizard starting from the beginning step.
>
> BTW is there an md5 checksum for the iso I downloaded?
>  I couldn't find one on the agnula site.  Just in case
> my CD is corrupted, although this doesnt seem to
> indicate a corrupted CD in my opinion.

There's a verify integrity of CD option in the installer and I'm sure there 
must be a checksum somewhere (on the CD itself?) I doubt it's a problem with 
the CD's integrity. I'm still wondering if it is having problems with some 
part of your hardware. I guess we'll have to wait for Free to wake up.

cheers

tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk