John Spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 04 Nov 1997 11:09:13 -0500, Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> As expected the program starting flying throught the list of programs > >> but it never seemed to stop. My screen saver activated twice as I was > >> waiting for the program to stop. I'm not sure what the default time > >> the screensaver is set to but it took ages before I decided that the > >> program was in an infinite loop and pressed Ctrl-C to cancel. > > > >I have noticed that this always seems to occur with the CD set > >provided by one particular manufacturer, I can't remember which at the > >moment. I eventually just gave up on their 1.3.1 and used my other CD > >set, the one for 1.3.0. > > My CDs came from Linux Software Labs if that rings any bells. I'm > inclined to blame myself for the problem at this stage though. I might > content myself with dpkg for a while and brush up on my typing > skills.
That is *exactly* the maker of the CDs I had trouble with. They looped forever. This was incredibly embarrassing considering that I had been evangelizing the infinite superiority of Linux over MicroCrap to the guy whose machine I was installing. > (John now looks at the calendar and sees that he has 10 days to study > for 3 exams and wonders why he is playing with Linux until 3:50am) (Ben looks at his to-do list and wonders why he is answering questions on debian-user when he has a schedule busier than that.) -- Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Senders of unsolicited commercial e-mail will receive free 32MB core files! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .