[K12OSN] v5 beta9 install notes

[William Fragakis]

Eric,
I tried installing via ftp last night and my gdm is dead, too. Plain
vanilla install using the defaults. I tried using yum update and that
made it worse as a bunch of cyrillic characters go across the screen
before I can copy down the error.

I'd previously installed beta4 on the same system with no hitch but had
issues with yumex so tried to do a fresh install instead. 

Also a lot of errors are thrown during boot - access denied and services
failing. Could this be due to SELinux? 

I don't have the command line chops Jim does to sort things out at the
moment as we are about to be off for the weekend.

Regards,
William

On Fri, 2006-06-30 at 12:00 -0400, k12osn-request at redhat.com wrote:
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> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:40:33 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Eric Harrison <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us>
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] v5 beta9 install notes
> To: "Support list for opensource software in schools."
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> On Wed 28 Jun, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 
> > I had python "issues" installing beta 9 (i386 version). The anaconda
> > would crash complaining about a gui library issue. It happened 2
> times
> > at about the same spot (disk 2). I was not able to capture the exact
> > error as that machine had no working floppy drive. I was able to
> install
> > with the text method.
> 
> > The yum update process cause gdm issues. The k12ltsp version removed
> the
> > file that controls the graphics display mapping and gdm would no
> longer
> > start. I pulled an older version over and renamed it for the new
> gnome
> > version and recovered. (can't locate notes on this event at the
> moment
> > for the file name... Hmm.)
> 
> No GDM issues here. Let me know if you can repeat the problem & if you
> can let me know what file fixed it.
> 
> I had a problem with the latest font server upgrade (xorg-x11-xfs)
> on my laptop, but I chalked that one up as my problem (heavily abused
> computer + I ran out of disk space right about the same time as the
> font server issue). All of my other upgrades went fine. I'm doing
> a series of tests today, I'll keep my eyes open.
> 
> > Many of the yum updates in the k12ltsp repo failed to successfully
> > complete post-install scripts. The default setting in yumex (and
> yum)
> > was to remove after install so the package was no longer around to
> work
> > by hand. Add to this the gui for yumex no longer worked after the
> > update. I used rpm -e to remove it (yumex), turned off the k12ltsp
> repo
> > and reinstalled yumex from the Fedora repo.
> 
> The yumex package in the K12LTSP repo is the same package as the
> Fedora
> repo. I'll double-check the MD5SUM to make sure it is 100% identical.
> 
> > Please note: these were mostly minor issues for me (except the lost
> > gnome that threw me for a loop for hours!) I have tested this on
> several
> > different TC system and it works very well. An impromptu demo was a
> nice
> > surprise as sound "just worked".
> > 
> > Release date on v5 final?
> 
> Probably pretty soon. I hope to have a close-to-last beta release out
> today. I'm working on a number of minor packaging refinements that
> won't
> make a difference to most people + doing a lot of testing.
> 
> There is a known bug in the new USB thumbdrive access feature. If Jim
> doesn't put out an official update real-soon-now, I'll bug him for a
> patch ;-)
> 
> -Eric
> 
> 
>