Subject: Re: ydl-2.0 on powerbook/lombard: lose lose lose
art-ydl-general@pigdogs.org
Date: Thu Jun 07 2001 - 15:50:13 MDT
To follow up on my own post, both the graphic custom install option
as well as the text-based installer exhibit the python error
problem. Neither core-dumps, though.
Doing a custom install, it seems the problem is during the mounting
after the partitioning, not the partitioning itself. The text installer
allows continuing from the large python error dialog, but then a couple
of seconds later pops up a small "warning" that /tmp/root/var exists.
Continuing from the warning returns to the large python error box
with the same /tmp/root/etc error. It cycles here until hitting the
reset button.
It does not help to delete all linux partitions and
repartition/reformat.
Suggestions for further options are eagerly solicited. Is there some
way to break out of the installer so I could do the formatting and
mounting by hand?
The disk is a 20G ibm travelstar, if that matters. There's 384MB of
third-party memory. Otherwise it's a standard SCSI Lombard.
Thanks,
--art
From: Art Medlar (art-ydl-general@pigdogs.org)
Date: Thu Jun 07 2001 - 12:40:03 MDT
[...]
Here's where the fun starts. Click "done" on the partition tool and
one of two things happens:
. A near-immidiate seg fault:
".xinitrc segmentation violation"
Followed very quickly, too quickly to gather any more
information, by a reboot.
. Or the little formatting info box sits around for a little
while until some large python (!!??!) error message pops up
telling me that "/tmp/root/etc: file exists", and asking me
to start over again. Unfortunately, none of the continue,
quit or debug buttons work, and the only way out is the
reset key.
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