Re: Setup hangs repetedly

["Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>]

Martin Magnusson wrote:
> * First, either Install from Internet or Install from Local Directory.
> * Then I specify the root directory (same as I used to have when it
> worked), Install For All Users, Default Text File Type: Unix.
> * At "Select You Internet Connection" I choose Direct Connection. I
> usually download from ftp.sunet.se, but I have tried a couple of other
> servers too.
> * At "Select Packages", I leave everythnig as Default, except the
> Devel category, the Publishing category and Graphics/OpenGL, where I
> choose
> Install.
>
>> What does it mean "hang" for you ? Is it that the setup application
>> just sits and waits for a very long time without progressing at all
> Exactly. It is not unresponsive though. I can still cancel it
> gracefully, but it doesn't do anything. I have left it on for an hour
> after it seems to hang, just to confirm that it isn't just progressing
> slowly.

Does it hang in the middle of installing a package, or between packages?

Have you tried setup-2.303 (if not, do)? Does the MD5sum check go OK? (When
you choose install from local directory).

Max.


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