Iraklis Gkougkousis <ig...@protonmail.com> wrote (24 Apr 2017 19:57:01): > Today, I attempted to install Debian9 with the GNOME desktop environment on > my personal desktop. I used the rc3 netinst iso. I'll also say, I attempted > to do the > exact same thing, several weeks ago with the rc2 installer, and the situation > was exactly the same. I didn't file a bug report then, because I assumed I did > something wrong. I tried it again now and the same happened. > > Everything went well during the beginning of the installation, up to the > point where I get to select the DE. The list shows up as normal. I choose > GNOME and hit > <Enter> to continue. It started downloading files, as usual. When the files > finished downloading, the installer then turns red (instead of the usual > blue), prints > 'critical installation step failed' and made me go back to the DE selection
A pre-release (testing) installation with rc2/rc3 installer, where the described installation is known to work these days. so closing this bug Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076