Using tasksel I selected the X windows and Desktop packages for install. That ran for a while, then I answered the Xfree86 prompts regarding hardware, etc. It then bombed out a while later: <snip> ... Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/webcontrol_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/whereami_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/control-center/control-center-eu.omf Adding system group: gdm. Adding group gdm (101)... Done. Adding system user: gdm. adduser: Warning: The home dir you specified already exists. Adding system user gdm... Adding new user gdm (101) with group gdm. Home directory /var/lib/gdm already exists. Please be sure to run "dpkg --configure kdm". dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Setting up gmc (4.5.55-1.2) ...
Setting up libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 (0.17.0-2) ... Setting up gnome-core (1.4.0.6-5) ... Setting up gnome-panel (1.4.0.6-5) ... Setting up gnome-panel-data (1.4.0.6-5) ... Setting up gnome-applets (1.4.0.5-2) ... scrollkeeper-update: /usr/local/share/omf: No such file or directory Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-core/gnome-feedback-no.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-core/panel-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-core/panel-no.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-core/gnome-terminal-no.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/anotherclock_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/anotherclock_applet-uk.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/asclock_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/battery_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/cdplayer_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/charpick_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/clockmail_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/cpuload_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/cpumemusage_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/diskusage_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/drivemount_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/fifteen_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/geyes_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/gkb_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/gnotes_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/gweather_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/jbc_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/life_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/loadavg_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/memload_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/mini-commander_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/mixer_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/modemlights_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/netload_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/odometer_applet-fr.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/odometer_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/quicklaunch_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/screenshooter_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/sound-monitor_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/swapload_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/tickastat_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/webcontrol_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-applets/whereami_applet-it.omf Registering /usr/share/omf/control-center/control-center-eu.omf Errors were encountered while processing: gdm E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) What else do I need to look at to see why this failed? Thx H Dixon
