Ok I start again with all the alternatives and I'll use character install to be sure that the problem is not related to the new graphic installer. I'll use an Etch netinstall dayly build of 4 Nov 2006.
cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: > On Thursday 09 November 2006 11:52, Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > >> Ratiu Petru wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 09 Nov 2006, Eftaxiopoulos Dimitrios wrote: >>> >>>> Is there any way to install KDE (not GNOME which is the default) as >>>> the desktop environment, straight ahead during the installation >>>> process of etch? Can one pick individual packages "kde" and "kdm", >>>> instead of choosing the desktop environment? In other words, can one >>>> one end up in kdm and KDE straight after the completion of the >>>> installation? >>>> >>> Just add "tasksel/kde-desktop" to the installer command-line and it >>> will pull kdm and kde. >>> >> This seems not to work. >> > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006/09/msg01084.html > says it's tasksel/first=kde-desktop > trying "expert tasksel/first=kde-desktop" **FAILURE** tasksel starts without asking a question (it is not possible to select packages) it installs gnome at the login screen the alternatives for sessions are: gome, metacity, twm > http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006/10/msg01561.html > says 'tasksel install kde-desktop' should also work (on an installed system) > Trying "expert tasksel install kde-desktop" on the system installed in the previous step **FAILURE** During install appears an error screen saying "Impossible to install initramfs-tools" see /var/log/syslog in the syslog file there is the error generated by apt-install: errors occurred processing: console-tools console-common E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) error: exiting on error base-installer/kernel/filed-package-install Well what else I can try? Regards Mirto -- __________________________________________________________ Mirto Silvio Busico ICT Consultant Tel. +39 333 4562651 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
