Re: List of installation problems for 1.2
Dale Scheetz wrote: This is my weekly publication of the list of known problems with the 1.2 release of Debian. I've seen it mentioned here before, but didn't find it on the list: when initially installing, there are no device files for SCSI cdrom or tape. Not knowing enough of *nix to fix this myself, I was lucky I had moved my old slackware stuff to another partition, so I could steal it's MAKEDEV script. Debian should either simply include _all_ device files (how big are they anyway), or include a MAKEDEV-alike script (and document it's existence!) so users can do this themselves. Gertjan. -- Gertjan Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Boot Control home page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gklein/bcpage.html -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
List of installation problems for 1.2
This is my weekly publication of the list of known problems with the 1.2 release of Debian. Please note that 1.2.1 is being released and should clear up some of these problems. I would appreciate reports of old problems fixed, as well as any new problems that are discovered with the installation of this new set of packages. Number 1 is still the most reported problem with new installations, so, if your system can't find xlib6 1. Already reported as a bug: Can't find xlib6 so file. Add /usr/X11R6/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig. 2. Dselect fails to satisfy pre-depends for perl (libdl1) Installing ldso by hand solves the problem. 3. Bug#5659: dpkg-gencontrol fails in chown new files listfile. Possible patch. Only a problem for package builders. 4. New sendmail fails to use old .cf file One report indicates re-installation fixes the problem. 5. Cron dies. (actually never starts) Run update-rc.d cron defaults 6. Gcc depends on cpp, but cpp conflicts with gcc. Retag gcc and re-run deselect. 7. Modconf messes up screen display on some lines. Possible dialog problem? 8. /bin/perl disapears and reappears during installation. Replace link by hand: ln -s /usr/bin/perl /bin/perl Or, install perl by hand: dpkg -i perl_xxx.deb. 9. Bug#5479 dpkg fails to preserve set id bits when copying files. No fix reported (possible patch) 10. gpm preinstall can't remove old gpm Remove by hand using dpkg --purge. 11. xbase can't remove xdm and xfs Remove by hand using dpkg --purge. 12. libg++ and libg++-dev conflict. Re-running the installation fixes it. 13. dependent packages bomb because libc5 is not installed first Upgrade base first. 14. no /dev/sr0 from MAKEDEV New version fixes this. 15. Gimp fails because there is no .gimprc file Create an empty .gimprc 16. Base-files should Provide: base Was: Smartlist and possibly other programs as well, depend on base. Fixed in the next version. 17. Adduser depends on perl-suid, not in base. Install by hand using --force-depends 18. Mc fails to declare it's dependence on libgpm. Should declare dpendence on libgpm. Install the libgpm package. Thanks for your help, Dwarf -- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 If you don't see what you want, just ask -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: List of installation problems for 1.2
I have been maintaining the list, and will continue to add problem reports as they surface. So far (I'm still recovering from the holiday) I have seen no reports that indicate any new problems. Should I just post the list to debian-user about once a week? Once a week sounds good to me. Thanks! -- Eloy A. Paris Information Technology Department Rockwell Automation de Venezuela Telephone: +58-2-9432311 Fax: +58-2-9430323 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: List of installation problems for 1.2
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 17:51:31 -0500 From: Daniel S. Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] The following list was composed from reports of those who have already installed Debian GNU/Linux 1.2. If you are having any trouble with your installation, consult this list for possible solutions. ... Could someone maintain this as a web page somewhere? (Unless it's posted repeatedly or maintained somewhere, we won't be able to accumulate other problems as they surface.) Daniel S. Barclay O.K., here's a first cut (thanks mostly to Dale Scheetz's earlier post for the initial content): http://ece.wpi.edu/~rulnick/GlinuX/debian-1.2-faq.html Please send me updates/corrections (or better yet, take it over from me ;-) John -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: List of installation problems for 1.2
On Mon, 30 Dec 1996, Daniel S. Barclay wrote: From: Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] The following list was composed from reports of those who have already installed Debian GNU/Linux 1.2. If you are having any trouble with your installation, consult this list for possible solutions. ... Could someone maintain this as a web page somewhere? (Unless it's posted repeatedly or maintained somewhere, we won't be able to accumulate other problems as they surface.) I forget who maintains the web site, but I would happily forward a copy of the list to him. I have been maintaining the list, and will continue to add problem reports as they surface. So far (I'm still recovering from the holiday) I have seen no reports that indicate any new problems. Should I just post the list to debian-user about once a week? Luck, Dwarf -- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 If you don't see what you want, just ask -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: List of installation problems for 1.2
From: Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] The following list was composed from reports of those who have already installed Debian GNU/Linux 1.2. If you are having any trouble with your installation, consult this list for possible solutions. ... Could someone maintain this as a web page somewhere? (Unless it's posted repeatedly or maintained somewhere, we won't be able to accumulate other problems as they surface.) Daniel -- Daniel S. Barclay Compass Design Automation, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 100, 5457 Twin Knolls Rd. Columbia, MD 21045 USA -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
List of installation problems for 1.2
The following list was composed from reports of those who have already installed Debian GNU/Linux 1.2. If you are having any trouble with your installation, consult this list for possible solutions. 1. Already reported as a bug: Can't find xlib6 so file. Add /usr/X11R6/lib to ld.so.conf and run ldconfig. 2. Dselect fails to satisfy pre-depends for perl (libdl1) Installing ldso by hand solves the problem. 3. Bug#5659: dpkg-gencontrol fails in chown new files listfile. Possible patch. 4. New sendmail fails to use old .cf file One report indicates re-installation fixes the problem. 5. Cron dies. (actually never starts) Run update-rc.d cron defaults 6. Gcc depends on cpp, but cpp conflicts with gcc. Retag gcc and re-run deselect. 7. Modconf messes up screen display on some lines. Possible dialog problem? 8. /bin/perl disapears and reappears during installation. Replace link by hand: ln -s /usr/bin/perl /bin/perl 9. Bug#5479 dpkg fails to preserve set id bits when copying files. No fix reported (possible patch) 10. gpm preinstall can't remove old gpm Remove by hand using dpkg --purge. 11. xbase can't remove xdm and xfs Remove by hand using dpkg --purge. 12. libg++ and libg++-dev conflict. Re-running the installation fixes it. 13. dependent packages bomb because libc5 is not installed first Upgrade base first. 14. no /dev/sr0 from MAKEDEV New version fixes this. 15. Gimp fails because there is no .gimprc file Create an empty .gimprc 16. Base-files should Provide: base Was: Smartlist and possibly other programs as well, depend on base. Fixed in the next version. 17. Adduser depends on perl-suid, not in base. Install by hand using --force-depends 18. Mc fails to declare it's dependence on libgpm. Should declare dpendence on libgpm. Install the gpm package. Luck, Dwarf -- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you don't see what you want, just ask -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: List of installation problems for 1.2
Nicely summarized list, Dale. But, I've a few notes to add: Dale Scheetz said: 1. Already reported as a bug: Can't find xlib6 so file. Add /usr/X11R6/lib to ld.so.conf and run ldconfig. I did not have this problem. My /etc/ld.so.conf still contains /usr/X11R6/lib after my upgrade. 4. New sendmail fails to use old .cf file One report indicates re-installation fixes the problem. I could not get sendmail to use my old .cf file, nor a new one I generated. Re-installing sendmail did not help. It always complains about the line: Kdequote dequote saying file does not exist. My only solution was to down-grade to 8.7.6-1 5. Cron dies. (actually never starts) Run update-rc.d cron defaults cron died for me, but the symlinks remained. All I had to do was /etc/init.d/cron start I did not have to use 'update-rc.d' 11. xbase can't remove xdm and xfs Remove by hand using dpkg --purge. Again, I did not experience this problem during the upgrade. 17. Adduser depends on perl-suid, not in base. Install by hand using --force-depends On a philosophical note, I don't believe that a required base package should depend on a program which is an inherent security risk (perl-suid). As a final note, 'elm' is still broken when reading mail from a nfs-mounted spool dir. It fails to restore the correct permissions (should be 660, ends up being 600). This makes it impossible for the remote sendmail to deliver the mail (not sure exactly why -- the sendmail on the remote in this case is AIX's sendmail). I had to restore my hacked version of elm (which is fixed for my situation only). -- Scott Barker Linux Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~barkers/ (under construction) [ I try to reply to all e-mail within 3 days. If you don't ] [ get a response by then, I probably didn't get your e-mail. ] [ Unsolicited commercial and junk e-mail will be proof-read for US$100 ] Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it. - Max Frisch -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: List of installation problems for 1.2
Thank you for your response. On Wed, 18 Dec 1996, Scott Barker wrote: Nicely summarized list, Dale. But, I've a few notes to add: Dale Scheetz said: 1. Already reported as a bug: Can't find xlib6 so file. Add /usr/X11R6/lib to ld.so.conf and run ldconfig. I did not have this problem. My /etc/ld.so.conf still contains /usr/X11R6/lib after my upgrade. Correct. This only happens with a new install. 4. New sendmail fails to use old .cf file One report indicates re-installation fixes the problem. I could not get sendmail to use my old .cf file, nor a new one I generated. Re-installing sendmail did not help. It always complains about the line: Kdequote dequote saying file does not exist. My only solution was to down-grade to 8.7.6-1 I will forward you comments tothe sendmail maintainer. 5. Cron dies. (actually never starts) Run update-rc.d cron defaults cron died for me, but the symlinks remained. All I had to do was /etc/init.d/cron start I did not have to use 'update-rc.d' If you don't update rc.d you will probably have to manually start cron every time you reboot. Does it still have a cron entry? 11. xbase can't remove xdm and xfs Remove by hand using dpkg --purge. Again, I did not experience this problem during the upgrade. Great! 17. Adduser depends on perl-suid, not in base. Install by hand using --force-depends On a philosophical note, I don't believe that a required base package should depend on a program which is an inherent security risk (perl-suid). Almost everyone here agrees. This is currently being fixed. As a final note, 'elm' is still broken when reading mail from a nfs-mounted spool dir. It fails to restore the correct permissions (should be 660, ends up being 600). This makes it impossible for the remote sendmail to deliver the mail (not sure exactly why -- the sendmail on the remote in this case is AIX's sendmail). I had to restore my hacked version of elm (which is fixed for my situation only). As the elm maintainer I would be pleased to see a diff of your hacked version. I have no way to test an nfs mount, so I will rely heavily on your feedback. Again, Thanks for the input. Luck, Dwarf -- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you don't see what you want, just ask -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: List of installation problems for 1.2
The following list was composed from reports of those who have already installed Debian GNU/Linux 1.2. If you are having any trouble with your installation, consult this list for possible solutions. [cut] 18. Mc fails to declare it's dependence on libgpm. Should declare dpendence on libgpm. Install the gpm package. I'll add one thing that I noticed during a fresh install. There was already discussion about this on the list a couple of days ago. 19. /etc/cron.daily/find from findutils_4.1.-12 fails and locate won't work. /var/lib/locate is owned by root.root but updatedb is runnings as nobodyfrom a cron job. Running 'chown nobody.nogroup /var/lib/locate' seems tofix it. The maintainer has also promised to fix this. // Heikki -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: List of installation problems for 1.2
Dale Scheetz said:
If you don't update rc.d you will probably have to manually start cron
every time you reboot. Does it still have a cron entry?
Yes, I still have a cron entry in /etc/rcX.d
But, as I said, I was going from an upgrade, not a bare install, so I imagine
my links were left over from prior to the upgrade. (I notice the postinst
script doesn't create them).
As the elm maintainer I would be pleased to see a diff of your hacked
version. I have no way to test an nfs mount, so I will rely heavily on
your feedback.
Here you go. Note that I haven't really fixed the underlying problem, I've
just altered the code so that it fixes my particular situation. My feeling is
that the (!need_to_copy) test should be (need_to_copy), but since I'm not very
intimate with the elm code, I can't be sure. Therefore, I've simply commented
out the test, so that the file perms are restored every time.
diff -u -r elm-2.4pl25.orig/src/leavembox.c elm-2.4pl25/src/leavembox.c
--- elm-2.4pl25.orig/src/leavembox.cSun Mar 26 16:27:24 1995
+++ elm-2.4pl25/src/leavembox.c Mon Sep 30 21:54:36 1996
@@ -845,14 +845,18 @@
* tracking down what it points to.
*/
+#if 0
if (!need_to_copy) {
+#endif
if(restore_file_stats(cur_folder) != 1) {
error1(catgets(elm_msg_cat, ElmSet,
ElmLeaveProblemsRestoringPerms,
Problems restoring permissions of folder %s!),
cur_folder);
if (sleepmsg 0)
sleep(sleepmsg);
}
+#if 0
}
+#endif
#if defined(BSD) !defined(UTIMBUF)
utime_buffer[0] = buf.st_atime;
--
Scott Barker
Linux Consultant
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