Install problem

[Ugo Bellavance]

John Summerfied wrote:
> Ugo Bellavance wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>>     I tried installing FC4 and it terminates with an exception.  Anaconda
>> tells me to copy that and submit a bug, but the error message is quite
>> long.  I was wondering if there was a way in the install to paste the
>> error message (I could copy it) in a file so that I can send it
>> somewhere (via ftp, scp?).  It was a graphical install and the error
>> message looked like a pythin backtrace.
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> It used to be possible to put it on a floppy - not easy of you don't 
> have one.
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> Given another computer and a null-modem cable, you can install using a 
> remote console and so log the entire process with a terminal program 
> such as minicom.
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> I think there's also a trick to make the graphical install display 
> remotely. On your other Linux box (in X), enter the command
> xhost +
> and at the boot prompt something akin to
> DISPLAY=bilby.test.lan:0.0
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> There may be more options; read the docs looking for things such as VNC 
> and ssh/telnet.
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> btw I've had that traceback - back around RHL 7.3. In my case, I'd 
> specified something wrongly, and anaconda's exception handling is fairly 
> feeble, Or was then. Check the stack printout for anything you said.

It looks like it is a dvd install problem.  I found out somewhere on the 
net that many people were having trouble installing from the DVD.  CD 
install went smoothly.

Thanks,

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