Re: [rock-user] Unable to install ROCK

Hi,

On: Mon, 31 May 2004 21:01:10 +0200 (MEST),
    [email protected] wrote:
> Dear Rene,
> 
> using the freshly released ISO images for version 2.0.1 I was able to
> install ROCK on my system, for the first time. None of the problems I used
> to have with the 2.0.0 ISOs remained.
> 
> However, I few snags are still there, but maybe there's a cure that I just
> haven't found yet:
> 
> (1) Two packages can't be installed, one of them is xemacs-tools. No
> necessary packages as far as I can tell.

Which ones exactly?

> (2) I have no X. The Xfree packages are installed, but for some reason
> there's no initial XF86Config file and no setup program (be xf86config,
> XF86Setup or anything else; haven't tried sax, I have to say).

There are three menu points in stone.

On the command line there are:

xf86cfg
xf86config
XFree86 -configure

If you miss those you have not installed xfree86 ...

> (3) The bootloader module in Stone seems to be unable to install LILO in
> /root. It always destroys my multiboot configuration, using the chainloader
> option of GRUB to boot the various systems.

Ouhm - the grub stone modules need some work - maybe the lilo, too. (I
never used it.)
 
> I have no trouble with (1), but I'd appreciate a hint or two for (2) and
> (3).
> 
> Apart from these points the installation went through smoothly and almost
> unattended. Good!
> 
> Best wishes
> 
>     Alex

Sincerely yours,
  René Rebe
    - ROCK Linux stable release maintainer

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