On Sunday 26 October 2003 12:46 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > October 18, 2003 02:07 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > <whack> > > > The only ISOs I've generated are from my "local cooker mirror" and are > > called "Cooker Download" after generation, but after install the boot > > splash identifies it as "9.2 Download edition." If you're impatient for > > the release you could try that, I don't know if it will work still since > > I did this before rsync started actually pulling new packages. In other > > words when cooker was still frozen. > > OK; I've generated a new set of ISOs from my local cooker tree yesterday > and "upgraded" from them. Everything was generally all right with a couple > of minor exceptions. > xchat wouldn't install, error opening package messages at the console when > the graphic progress bar seemed to be hanging, and > KDE doesn't load a desktop at all. Blue screen, not desktop or icons or > taskbar, but the "KDE is starting" sound plays. > > That IIRC is apparently because the KDE maintainer built the .80 version > with the wrong compiler or some such. So for now, until I have a chance to > do a bit of fixing and patching, I'm stuck with Ice-worm or GNOME or other. > I can't install cooker for anyone that uses a KDE desktop from these disks. > > I'll take a swing at remastering the ISOs from my local 9.2 tree later > today, adding the updates, and see if I get an installable set of disks, > then report the results here. > > Thank [Deity] for CD-RWs. This could get expensive if I was forced to use > CD-R disks. <g> > Could you either report back here or e-mail me with the details of what you are doing. I am trying to build a page on the cooker twiki that describes how to make a new set of install disks with the updates slipstreamed. -- /g
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