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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