Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] First beta rollout of SOHO 6.0 (testing) B1.6/1.7

[uel a. <ue...@gm...>]

give these a try
I am pretty sure moe has the lockup fixed in latest installer.

ftp://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/Uelsk8s/test/VL6.0-SOHO-B1.8.iso
ftp://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/Uelsk8s/test/VL6.0-SOHO-B1.8-CD2.iso

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Newt <gen...@gm...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I attempted both methods mentioned below, and I had great expectations that
> one of
> them would work, but unfortunately neither fixed the issue. I even tried a
> standard CD install with no luck.
>
> However, after much playing and comparing 'ps ax' screens between the IDE
> and
> runtime I think I've determined my problem. I think it's directly related
> to my
> built-in/usb card reader. I kept noticing that the installer was hanging on
> the
> command: "sh -c parted /dev/sdd print | grep -i partition table: | cut -f2
> d:"
> (each of these would then be listed individually in the processes
> immediately
> following the combined statement). After checking probedisk I determined
> that sdd,
> sde, sdf, sdg are individual slots on the card reader. With the installer
> running
> and stalled, I started killing the individual 'parted' processes and as I
> killed
> them a new but different statement would appear for a total of 2 parted
> statements
> per device. After killing the 8 processes (2 process for 4 devices), the
> throbber
> began spinning again and the installer continued by finding the CD. At this
> point
> I bailed out of the installation to report my findings.
>
> I guess the strangest part (to me) is why the IDE would run the installer
> normally
> but directly from the runtime would not. I did notice that when running the
> installer from the IDE a separate process (gbx2 -f -d .... /speedy --)
> would run
> the project. I guess this would indicate the the IDE runs the project
> itself while
> the runtime has to run a binary/compiled version??
>
> More (possibly unnecessary) info:
>
> When I would manually run the command "parted /dev/sdd print" I would
> receive an
> error stating: "Error opening /dev/sdd: No medium found. Retry/Cancel?"
>
> When I would manually run the command "sh -c parted /dev/sdd print", the
> actual
> parted command interpreter would start up using /dev/hda and I would have
> to
> manually 'quit'.
>
> Cheers, newt
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
> M0E wrote:
> ML> Try this
> ML> load the gambas IDE
> ML> Instead of clicking the play button, click on Project -> Make ->
> Executable
> ML> This will create a brand new binary based off the current code.
> ML> Once that is done, exit the IDE, and execute the new binary
> ./speedy.gambas >> gui.log &
>
> Uel wrote:
> ua> I just found out we are not using the latest installer there after all.
> ua> there are 3 different installer binaries in the speedy folder.
> ua> Newt,
> ua> can you chmod +x vinstall-ng,gambas.r938 and then run it from a
> terminal to
> ua> confirm that it works or not?
>
>
>
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