Re: I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....

1997-07-03 Thread Andree Leidenfrost
Hi Tom, first of all I didn't see your reply on the list. To get as many people involved in helping with your problem it is really a good thing to discuss on the list - otherwise people simply don't hear you. By now, I'm getting the feeling that something with your set is horribly broken - your

Re: I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....

1997-07-03 Thread Andree Leidenfrost
Hi again, thinking a bit more of it, it might be a good idea to make an ldconfig (as root) to see what's the matter with your libraries. Maybe it even solves your problems. By the way, how much experience do you have with Linux in general? I hope this question doesn't sound rude, it's just goot

Re: I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....

1997-07-03 Thread bigt
LEHi again, LEthinking a bit more of it, it might be a good idea to make an ldconfig LE(as root) to see what's the matter with your libraries. Maybe it even LEsolves your problems. LEBy the way, how much experience do you have with Linux in general? I LEhope this question doesn't sound rude,

Re: I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....

1997-07-03 Thread bigt
LEBy now, I'm getting the feeling that something with your set is horribly LEbroken - your hardware or the software/installation. LEI think, however, we can focus on the gcc + cpp + libraries region for LEnow, because I get the impression that dselect's install only fails LEbecause of reasons

Re: I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....

1997-07-03 Thread Andree Leidenfrost
Hi Tony, there we got it! Some of your library links are trashed. (ldconfig manages all shared libraries on your system and says that it can't find neither the main C library nor the math library.) Probably the fix is pretty simple: Login as root, delete the dangling links /usr/lib/libc.so and

Re: I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....

1997-07-03 Thread Will Lowe
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Andree Leidenfrost wrote: /usr/lib/libc.so -- /lib/libc.so.5.4.33 /usr/lib/libm.so -- /lib/libm.so.5.0.9 You've made the same mistake I did ... .5.4.33 and .5.0.9 are the versions the links _currently_ point to, which he doesn't have. Just make sure that you make the

Re: I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....

1997-07-01 Thread Andree Leidenfrost
Hi Tony, ok, let's see. If I get you right, the installation of the base system works correctly. You can boot your Debian GNU/Linux system from harddisk, you have got a network connection. Fine. Now to the problems. You start dselect, choose ftp as access method, do an update (This works?),

I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....

1997-06-30 Thread bigt
I am having so much problems I just flat have not been able to get past DSELECT. I have totally re-installed everything.(about 5 times) Everytime I bring up dselect and select FTP. (My Machine is connected to the net via ethernet). I get up to the point of installtion... Here is my