Re: errors installing demudi

|--==> tim hall writes:

  th> 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

  th> Hmm, similar to the problem I was having with an old SiS chipset box, 
except I 
  th> 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'

  th> 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.

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

Here I am :)

I guess that your CD-ROM media is corrupted.

To check if the downloaded ISO file is ok:

http://download.agnula.org/1.2/1.2.0/MD5SUMS

Note that this will check the *file* not the CD-ROM.

Most probably there was an error during the burning process.

Cheers,

Free