On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Aldo Foot wrote:
> Is rather amusing how this "No root login" thing evolved to just a bad disc.
> I apologize for not having had the patience to do a basic media check.
Hopefully Gene made the same mistake as Gene is the only other person
in this thread that confi
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>> How about finding a python tarball and installing it. Just to get things
>> started.
>
> We have no idea what else failed to install properly. There could be
> a hundred other packages
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> How about finding a python tarball and installing it. Just to get things
> started.
We have no idea what else failed to install properly. There could be
a hundred other packages that were suppose to install.
He's already downloaded and bur
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 15:53 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Aldo Foot wrote:
> >> # rpm -V python
> >> package python is not installed
> >
> > You are saying that the affected system after fresh install appears to
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 16:42 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote:
> I didn't do a media check. I always skip that. But that's a thought.
I don't. I don't like wasting hours and hours of my time, post
installation, or during installation, because I'm starting off with a
problem.
I check the downloaded ISO file
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Aldo Foot wrote:
> To clarify:
> /usr/bin/python does not exist
> /usr/bin/python2 exists and is an empty link to a non-existent
> /usr/bin/python binary.
All i misread... python binary doesnt exist.. that is consistent with
what rpm is saying.
> I know this is
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Ian Pilcher wrote:
> Aldo Foot wrote:
>> before. I'm making a list. Maybe the download of the bad dvd was incomplete
>> or
>> there was data corruption in the process.
>>
>
> Did this DVD pass a media check?
I didn't do a media check. I always skip that. But that
Aldo Foot wrote:
> before. I'm making a list. Maybe the download of the bad dvd was incomplete or
> there was data corruption in the process.
>
Did this DVD pass a media check?
--
Ian Pilcher
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Aldo Foot wrote:
>> # rpm -V python
>> package python is not installed
>
> You are saying that the affected system after fresh install appears to
> not have the python package installed? If that is true that w
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Aldo Foot wrote:
> # rpm -V python
> package python is not installed
You are saying that the affected system after fresh install appears to
not have the python package installed? If that is true that will break
far more than just firstboot..far more. In fact its
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Aldo Foot wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> Had I seen this earlier I would have told you just to go to a non-X console
>> and login as root there... The whole thing about not logging as root is
>> "security by obscurity" as far as
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Had I seen this earlier I would have told you just to go to a non-X console
> and login as root there... The whole thing about not logging as root is
> "security by obscurity" as far as I'm concerned, and is more effective as a
> barrier to
Aldo Foot wrote:
I ran into a problem today for which I already found the answer, but I wanted
to ask what in the world is going on with F10 and gnome's initial install??
Today I decided to install F10 for the first time and decided to try out the
Gnome desktop. The install was clean. Somewhere
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Aldo Foot wrote:
<..snip>
>> I did a fresh install choosing KDE only --this deselect the gdm package
>> from the X Windows System group. The problem persisted even though
>> there was no gnome or gdm in the
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Aldo Foot wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:15 AM, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Aldo Foot wrote:
>>> If you think it's worth it let's give it a shot and tell me what to do.
>>
>> looks like firstboot is failing to run. Hence why its st
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:15 AM, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Aldo Foot wrote:
>> If you think it's worth it let's give it a shot and tell me what to do.
>
> looks like firstboot is failing to run. Hence why its still enabled to
> run again on next boot.
>
> On that fres
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Aldo Foot wrote:
> If you think it's worth it let's give it a shot and tell me what to do.
looks like firstboot is failing to run. Hence why its still enabled to
run again on next boot.
On that freshly installed affected system, does firstboot run manually
withou
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Aldo Foot wrote:
>> One has to wonder, what are the odds that two different people had
>> some weird dvd.
>> As a side note: I had created the "problem" dvd I used previously on
>> 12/04/08 ( I dated it),
>>
On Tuesday 27 January 2009, Craig White wrote:
>On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 12:48 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Gene Heskett
wrote:
>> >>> Just to be clear. After the installation is complete you reboot.
>> >>> During that reboot you are asked to setup a user account. Did
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Aldo Foot wrote:
> One has to wonder, what are the odds that two different people had
> some weird dvd.
> As a side note: I had created the "problem" dvd I used previously on
> 12/04/08 ( I dated it),
> and that was a few days after the mainstream release on late
On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 12:48 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Gene Heskett
> wrote:
> >>> Just to be clear. After the installation is complete you reboot. During
> >>> that reboot you are asked to setup a user account. Did that not happen
> >>> to you.
> >>
> >>Nope. It
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> Just to be clear. After the installation is complete you reboot. During
>>> that reboot you are asked to setup a user account. Did that not happen
>>> to you.
>>
>>Nope. It never did, hence the puzzle.
>>I'm burning a new DVD right now.
>>
On Tuesday 27 January 2009, Aldo Foot wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Aaron Konstam
wrote:
>> On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 16:29 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Steve Searle
wrote:
>>> > Around 12:18am on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (UK time), Aldo Foot
scrawled:
>
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 16:29 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Steve Searle wrote:
>> > Around 12:18am on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (UK time), Aldo Foot scrawled:
>> >
>> >> But now, seriously, how I'm I supposed to
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Sachin Murudkar wrote:
> OK
>
> Assuming you have a root login. create a user from the backend and try...
I did that, but only after I went into rescue mode to unlock the root
GUI access.
So creating and using a regular user account is fine after the fact.
The on
OK
Assuming you have a root login. create a user from the backend and try...
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 16:29 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Steve Searle
> wrote:
> > > Around 12:18am on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (
On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 16:29 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Steve Searle wrote:
> > Around 12:18am on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (UK time), Aldo Foot scrawled:
> >
> >> But now, seriously, how I'm I supposed to log in at the desktop when I was
> >> not
> >> offered the c
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Aldo Foot wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Steve Searle
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Around 12:18am on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (UK time), Aldo Foot
>>> scrawled:
>>>
But now, seriously, how I'm I supposed to log in at the desktop whe
Aldo Foot wrote:
>> Maybe it would be helpful to know what install media you were
>> using?
>
> I'm using DVD. I'm downloading the current ISO to try it. I may be
> using a Beta version... but still.
Uhhh, I don't know if there was any particular bug regarding firstboot
not running, but it clearl
Aldo Foot wrote:
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Steve Searle wrote:
Around 12:18am on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (UK time), Aldo Foot scrawled:
But now, seriously, how I'm I supposed to log in at the desktop when I was not
offered the chance to create a regular user account during the instal
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Aldo Foot wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Steve Searle wrote:
>>
>>> Around 12:18am on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (UK time), Aldo Foot scrawled:
>>>
>>>
But now, seriously, how I'm I supposed to log in at the desktop when I was
Aldo Foot wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Steve Searle wrote:
>
>> Around 12:18am on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (UK time), Aldo Foot scrawled:
>>
>>
>>> But now, seriously, how I'm I supposed to log in at the desktop when I was
>>> not
>>> offered the chance to create a regular u
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Aldo Foot wrote:
> I ran into a problem today for which I already found the answer, but I wanted
> to ask what in the world is going on with F10 and gnome's initial install??
>
> Today I decided to install F10 for the first time and decided to try out the
> Gnome d
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Steve Searle wrote:
> Around 12:18am on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (UK time), Aldo Foot scrawled:
>
>> But now, seriously, how I'm I supposed to log in at the desktop when I was
>> not
>> offered the chance to create a regular user account during the installation?
Around 12:18am on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (UK time), Aldo Foot scrawled:
> But now, seriously, how I'm I supposed to log in at the desktop when I was not
> offered the chance to create a regular user account during the installation?
Firstboot will ask you to set up a user account. Did you bypa
I ran into a problem today for which I already found the answer, but I wanted
to ask what in the world is going on with F10 and gnome's initial install??
Today I decided to install F10 for the first time and decided to try out the
Gnome desktop. The install was clean. Somewhere during the install
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