Just tried another install with the DrakX stuff just put on the mirrors a
few hours ago. Basically the same with two exceptions:
1. Allowed to choose packages now. Thanks. I still don't fully understand
what the size slider is doing though. The screens are so slow that I wasn't
about to try again with a different setting for it.
2. When it goes to install the packages, I get the following error message:
error opening RPM database: cannot open file
/mnt/var/lib/rpm/nameindex.rpm: Invalid argument
I checked and the file is there. Couldn't progress any further with the
install.
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Just did a full install using the new DrakX. Here's how it went:
>
> Installation Class: Expert
> Usage: Development
> Choose size you want to install: Whatever the maximum was
>
> Why no ability to choose packages I wish to install? This lack seems
> strange for an Expert install.
>
> Screen updates were abysmally slow, about 30 seconds to redraw.
>
> X configuration failed to recognize my graphics card (Trident
> 975) and gave
> me the fb kernel. Graphics resolution was limited to 640x480. Then it
> erred out saying it couldn't find the fb kernel. It was
> installed though, I
> looked. The X configuration did work fine for me with the
> previous versions
> of DrakX.
>
> Here's the errors I got on the various virtual terminals:
>
> F1 Errors:
> Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb'
> Error opening security policy file
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
> GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to: No such user 0.
> Gdk-WARNING **: shmget failed! at
> /usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_graphical.pm line 737.
>
> F2 Errors:
> zsh: failed to load module: comp1
>
> F3 Errors:
> Hard to catch as one line seemed to be getting executed repeatedly.
> Possibly that line is the reason the screens take so long to redraw. The
> line is:
>
> * running: cd /usr/bin/perl-install/po ; bzip2 -c
> /usr/bin/perl-install/po.cpio.bz2 | cpio -id en.po en.po/*
>
> Upon booting into the new install, I had a number of errors due to missing
> files. Didn't catch what they were. The penguin logo was
> missing from the
> login screen. I logged in to make sure that was OK and then rebooted into
> WinDoze to send this message.
>
> Including ddebug.log and install.log for you to look at.
