Re: gEDA-user: Preliminary release of Install CD

[Stuart Brorson <sdb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

George --

WHat Linux distro are you using?

Also, please run the installer with the --log flag set & send me the
resulting Install.log file.

Stuart


On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, George M. Gallant, Jr. wrote:

> Stuart,
>
> I am hung while installing the 7/30 iso. Installing on a slow dual cpu
> system. One cpu
> is 100% busy in install.exe. No other jobs running. Last log message
> complained about
> unable to install gspiceui with unresolved symbols starting with "xw".
>
> Also just got a page of junk after the following message:
>
> ./installer.exe:396: GtkWarning: gtk_text_iter_set_line_offset:
> assertion `char_on_line <= chars_in_line' failed
>
> George
>
> On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 23:24 -0400, Stuart Brorson wrote:
>
> > GEDA guys and gals,
> >
> > I have produced an interim/preliminary gEDA Install CD with lots of
> > new stuff on it.  It does not have the latest/greatest gEDA/gaf from
> > CVS, but it *does* have the latest gnucap, pcb, Icarus Verilog,
> > gtkwave, and other packages. Also, it has been tested -- and seems to
> > work -- with SuSE-10.0 and FC 5.  (Therefore, I figure it should work
> > with eariler versions of these distros too.)
> >
> > If you are willing to be a guinea pig, please download the CD here:
> >
> > http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/
> >
> > (bottom of page) and try it out.
> >
> > I am *very* interested in hearing bug reports from folks trying it
> > out.  To use it successfully, you need a maximally configured distro.
> > That is, a distro with as many "-devel" packages installed as
> > possible.  The trend today is to remove header files, config
> > utilities, and so on from distros in favor of binary applications for
> > "e-mail and document processing for the end-user".  Stupid, yes, but
> > that's the reality. Anyway, please try to pick up as many "-devel"
> > packages as you can when you install your distro.
> >
> > Then, when you try the CD, please let me know whether it succeeded or
> > failed for you.  I am particularly interested in reports like:
> >
> >    "I installed on my FC5 box configured with both development and
> >    workstation options selected.  The install failed when building
> >    foo.  Please find my Install.log file attached."
> >
> > I may ask you what packages you have/don't have installed on your
> > distro.  This kind of interaction helps me figure out what
> > dependencies are needed on the CD itself.
> >
> > I will either ignore, flame, or challenge you to actually produce a
> > working CD (depending upon my mood) any comments like:
> >
> >    "I think intalling from source is dumb, and users should use
> >    [apt-get, yum, whatever]  to handle dependencies."
> >
> > My goal is to get as close to a major release as possible, in
> > anticipation of Ales's upcoming gEDA/gaf release.  Please give this
> > interim CD a trial, and provide me with constructive feedback.
> >
> > Thanks, and happy designing!
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> >
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