[GRLUG] Kubuntu 6.0.6 Dapper Installer, disappointed

[Jordan Hudson]

the ubuntu installer worked fine on my box, so I'm guessing it has something
to do with KDE?

On 7/20/06, Ben Rousch <brousch at orthicomp.com> wrote:
>
> I also had a couple of problems using the manual partitioner on the
> Kubuntu
> Dapper Live CD.
>
> First, the Live CD grabbed and used a swap partition on the hard disk, so
> I
> had to restart and specify swap=off or swapoff in the boot options.
>
> Then the partitioner in the Live CD install (qtparted I believe) refused
> to
> commit my manual parition scheme. I ended up apt-get installing gparted,
> partitioning the disk how I wanted it (make sure to run gparted using
> sudo),
> then re-running the Live Install.
>
> I agree the Kubuntu Live CD partitioner seems to be broken, but I love the
> way
> the system runs afterwards!
>
> On Tuesday 18 July 2006 19:44, zdennis wrote:
> > I am very dissappointed with the Kubuntu 6.0.6 Dapper install cd. Not
> only
> > is there NO text-mode installer (have to download the alternate install
> cd
> > for that) you are forced to use a broken GUI installer.
> >
> > The Kubuntu Dapper install cd is a live cd with an installer. It boots
> you
> > into KDE and there is an "Install" icon on the desktop. The installer
> looks
> > promising to be something very easy for a typical end user to use,
> however,
> > it currently has faults.
> >
> > On Step 5 of 6 I chose to manually edit my partition table. While
> creating
> > partitions the installer screen would blank out (looks like an
> application
> > hang). After a very long time of letting it sit there I got a window
> with a
> > python stacktrace in it.
> >
> > I tried a few more times and gave up on the GUI partitioner, so I fired
> up
> > Konsole and used cfdisk to partition. After my partition looked good I
> went
> > back to the GUI installer. I got to the last step and I needed select
> what
> > partitions to automount. It would only let me select the number of
> > mountpoints as I had primary partitions. Since I have 3 primary
> partitions,
> > and the rest were logical I could only mount /boot, /root and /home.
> >
> > I rebooted, and then manually sync'd /var and /usr with /dev/hda5 and
> > /dev/hda6, and updated the /etc/fstab file. I rebooted and all was well.
> >
> > I run Kubuntu Dapper at home on my desktop (but that was an upgrade from
> > Kubuntu Breezy) so I know I want to stick with Kubuntu, but there
> > installer's shouldn't have these obvious problems with it.
> >
> > They are moving in the right direction, but this installer just blew the
> > big one.
> >
> > The one nice thing about the installer that makes me slightly less
> > dissappointer is the fact that my Intel PRO 2200BG wireless chipset
> worked
> > out of the box. No packages to download and install, no configurations.
> It
> > just worked. And WEP did to. yay!
> >
> > Zach
> >
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