Hi Arthur On Friday 23 December 2005 23:36, Arthur Butler wrote:
Well, the "automatic" install works a little better, at least it boots, but the user account I created doesn't exist, so I cannot do a graphical login-root is blocked. Logging into a command prompt I've looked again at the log files. install.log this time has the list of packages installed, then those available which weren't installed, then says:
Changing configs on 23-12-2005 User name not found - anaconda bug ? root login not allowed by kdm
This is usually a result of not creating a usr account, but you say you had. There was a problem with upper case characters in the usr name silently causing the account creation to fail (which should be fixed..). Any chance you can remember the name and passwd used ?
I'm wondering about trying either a minimal install with lvm, or running the upgrade script on the partially working version.
The upgrade script on the CD is only there for pre BDI-4.24 installs. Running it on a fresh 4.30 install shouldn't have any effect. As for LVM support, the dm-mod.ko module is compiled, so in theory, LVM should work. However, this is another area that I haven't tested or used (too little time). The most likely reason LVM failed may be because dm-mod hasn't been added to the /etc/modules list. If this is the case, it would be a bug in the anaconda sources and more bug hunts for me.. I had got LVM earmarked for removal if/when additional space was required for other packages.. If you already have another computer running a Debian install, there is nothing to stop you from using the emc & kernel packages - I know of a couple of users who have installed the debs on Ubuntu systems with little difficulty. Regards, Paul. -- From the Klingon book of C: Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters' - they have 'arguments' - and they ALWAYS WIN THEM.