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Bug 73

Summary:	Can't install any remix version
Product:	TDE	Reporter:	bugzilla
Component:	system	Assignee:	Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	critical	CC:	bugwatch, darrella, gstkein
Priority:	P5
Version:	3.5.10
Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
Compiler Version:		TDE Version String:
Application Version:		Application Name:

Description bugzilla 2009-04-18 17:36:28 CDT

When I try to install jaunty with KDE3.5 I can start the install from first menu but then all I get is a blank screen. I've tried i386 and AMD64 CDs downloaded from pearsoncomputing. Same problem with both, tried on various machines. All behave the same.

I then tried the intrepid version. After selecting install I am taken to the KDE login screen. There are no users defined so I can't log in. Surely the install process should run here and not the login screen?

I accept that I may be a buffoon but I don't know what else to try. I can't install any of the KDE3 remix CDs so either I'm useless or the CD images are broken.

Comment 1 Timothy Pearson 2009-04-18 22:13:20 CDT

The Intrepid image is of very poor quality; just look at the size of it! ;-)  I'm thinking of removing it entirely.

Standard question: Have you been able to boot your machine with a non-remix version of Jaunty?  Jaunty uses a new kernel, and it may not work on your machine.

What happens if you select F6 from that boot menu, and edit the boot parameters by removing "quiet" and "splash"?  If the kernel is crashing this will let you see where and why.

Thanks!

Comment 2 bugzilla 2009-04-20 07:30:32 CDT

Yes I have been able to boot my machines with the standard jaunty beta. One of them is virtualbox, easy to test yourself in a very few minutes.

Selecting F6 and removing the splash and quiet options makes no difference. Everything flashes up [OK] and when I should get a pointer and a menu to select the language I have a blank screen. This happens with both the i386 and AMD64 images.

I was wanting to do this to see if vnc worked under KDE3.5 with the newer ubuntus. I've since tried standard ubuntu 8.10 with gnome and vnc doesn't work with that either so I suspect it wouldn't work with the jaunty re-mix since the problem appears to not simply be a problem with controlling KDE4, it is something more fundamental, like an incompatibility with xorg perhaps?

Anyway I think I'll just stick with 8.04 until (or if ever) vnc, or whatever has stopped it working, is fixed.

Comment 3 Guilllermo 2009-07-02 21:37:49 CDT

The same thing happened to me on vmware 6.5.1. I could install by choosing to run in live mode and install by clicking on the install icon (ubiquity I think).

After installing I created a remastersys backup disk and it allowed me to install directly without having to use the live cd mode.