Thanks I have the packages installed:) I had forgotten a while back I was trying to figure out how to get kde off the extras cd and I was messing around with the access menu then and must have screwed it up so that I couldn't access the binary cd. Thanks, Kent
David Stern wrote: > On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 12:54:32 CST, KTB wrote: > > David Stern wrote: > > > > It sounds like the most recent available version of packages are > > > installed. Some questions to consider: > > > o Did you successfully configure the method using the [A]ccess menu > > > item? > > > > I haven't changed the access. When I selected "install" the cdrom takes off > > just as it has before. > > Generally, the cdrom access method is straightforward, but make sure > your cdrom is specified as a particular block device, and not as a > symlink (/dev/cdrom can be a symlink to /dev/hdaX) > > > > o Did you successfully [U]pdate the available packages using the > > > menu? > > > > No, if I'm reading you correctly that is what I'm trying to do. Usually > > when > > I want something off the cd I go into dselect, do a search for whatever I'm > > looking for, in this case kernel-packages, deselect displays the line where > > the package is, I hit "shift +" and then select "install" and "config" This > > time it didn't work. > > Unless your available packages have changed (unlikely on a cdrom), you > don't ordinarily need to update the list. However, it is somewhat > common for available package lists to become corrupt every once in a > while, and the solution is to blow em away and start over. dpkg > --clear-avail > > > > o What do the "ton of messages" that scroll by say? (when you quit > > > dselect, hold the shift key and press the page-up key to scroll > > > backwards) > > > > There were no messages scrolling by when I tried to install the packages in > > question. In the past I had a lot of messages scrolling by when I installed > > other packages. This was my first clue that the installation didn't happen. > > Maybe this was one of those dependency related issues, where certain > packages have to be installed before others can be installed. > Sometimes it helps to run though install a couple times, and configure > at least once. > > If none of this helps, then more specific wording of messages during the > attempted install phase would be helpful. Act like you're going to install, > and after it does whatever it's doing, quit, then cut and paste the messages > into a mail. > -- > David > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
