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Hi,
I tried torrent, but it was so sloooowww I gave up.  I'll wait until the full release is available via ftp or http.

Thanks for your help, Steve.

It's driving me crazy that's for certain 

I've tried two Nvidia cards (I've put them back in other machines so I don't know model numbers, but they will have been 7xxx series).  Currently I'm using the graphics on the motherboard... all cards appear to do the same thing.  But I'll take your advice and download 7.10 beta 3, I wanted to avoid downloading and installing something that wasn't a full release... Plus I don't have torrent setup at the moment.

Thanks, Steve.

Hi all,
I'm trying to install MCE 7.04 (from DVD) on my HTPC without any luck.  The install appears to go ok, then I remove the disk and reboot.  When the system has booted it seems to be 'flicking' from one screen to another about every four seconds.

Screen one says:-

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Starting up...
Loading, please wait...
mdadm: No devices listed in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf

Ubuntu 7.04 dcerouter tty1
dcerouter login: * Re-exporting directories for NFS kernel daemon... [OK]

* Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf                     [Ok]


Screen two says:-

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Tue, 14 Feb 2008 23:00:00 +0200 RECV :
Tue, 14 Feb 2008 23:00:00 +0200 Helper script end


If I press ctrl + alt + f7 I get a blank screen with a flashing cursor (this then takes the place of screen one above and the pc flicks between this and screen two).  I've read several posts where people are getting blank screens because MCE defaults to outputting the signal to VGA.  However, I'm already plugged into the vga out on my motherboard.

System spec:-
Antec Fusion case
Abit AN-M2
AMD 64 4000+
2 Gig Memory
500 Gig HDD

Thanks in advance, Steve.

Hi Paul,
Thanks for the update.  Sorry to hear that you've experienced problems getting the disks copied.  Speaking for myself, I appreciate the effort that you've made and am willing to pay for a second disk - I don't want to see you out of pocket because of problems at the copying plant.

Let me know if this is ok with you and how best to cancel my original order (without refunding my money) and placing a new order (which I'll pay for).

Thanks again for all your efforts, Steve.

Hi again,
I've just checked the 'status' file, it's there:-
steve@steve-desktop:/var/lib/dpkg$ ls -l
total 4340
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 2007-04-11 18:49 alternatives
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1117002 2007-04-11 19:21 available
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1116729 2007-04-11 18:49 available-old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       8 2006-10-25 14:26 cmethopt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    2552 2007-04-11 18:43 diversions
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    2491 2007-04-11 18:43 diversions-old
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  147456 2007-04-11 19:21 info
-rw-r----- 1 root root       0 2007-04-12 18:23 lock
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root    4096 2006-10-25 14:28 methods
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 2006-10-03 19:40 parts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      30 2006-10-25 14:37 statoverride
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       0 2006-10-25 14:26 statoverride-old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1002486 2007-04-11 19:21 status
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1002196 2007-04-11 18:49 status-old
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 2007-04-11 19:21 updates


I've just tried the install again without DHCP and picking a network address that I know isn't in use, still no luck.  Output from ifconfig (let me know if there's a better command for getting network config):-
steve@steve-desktop:/var/lib/dpkg$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0F:EA:2D:F7:86 
          inet addr:192.168.1.4  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20f:eaff:fe2d:f786/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:15130 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:713 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:4268945 (4.0 MiB)  TX bytes:83799 (81.8 KiB)
          Interrupt:209 Base address:0x6000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:100 (100.0 b)  TX bytes:100 (100.0 b)



Thanks, Steve.

Hi all,
I'm trying to install linux mce on my PC without any luck.  I've installed, and patched, Ubuntu 6.10.  I've installed the MCE installer.  When I run the installer I answer the first few questions then it tells me it's going to install, but the installation fails.  Here's the output from /var/logs/mce-installer*:-

MESSAGE: Seting Up Networking
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address
MESSAGE: Setting up APT Package Manager
MESSAGE: Preseeding debconf options
Ign file: ./ Release.gpg
Ign file: ./ Translation-en_GB
Ign file: ./ Release
Ign file: ./ Packages
Errfile: ./ Packages
  File not found
Get: 1 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/universe Translation-en_GB
Get: 2 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Get: 3 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Get: 4 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy Release [34.7kB]
Get: 5 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security Release [50.9kB]
Get: 6 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates Release [38.4kB]
Get: 7 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main Packages [940kB]
Ign http://linuxmce.com ./ Release.gpg
Ign http://linuxmce.com ./ Translation-en_GB
Ign http://linuxmce.com ./ Release
Ign http://linuxmce.com ./ Packages
Get: 8 http://linuxmce.com ./ Packages [1798B]
Get: 9 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/restricted Packages [5974B]
Get: 10 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/multiverse Packages [126kB]
Get: 11 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/universe Packages [3559kB]
Get: 12 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/main Packages [77.8kB]
Get: 13 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/restricted Packages [5678B]
Get: 14 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/multiverse Packages [3786B]
Get: 15 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/universe Packages [35.9kB]
Get: 16 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/main Packages [78.7kB]
Get: 17 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/restricted Packages [14B]
Get: 18 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/multiverse Packages [14B]
Get: 19 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/universe Packages [21.0kB]
Failed to fetch file:/usr/pluto/deb-cache/./Packages.gz  File not found
Fetched 4980kB in 45s (108kB/s)
Reading package lists...
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
MESSAGE: Generating Default Config File
MESSAGE: Configuring Network Information Service (NIS)
Mounting CD
MESSAGE: Caching LinuxMCE CD on the harddrive
MESSAGE: Installing LinuxMCE Base Software
Ign file: ./ Release.gpg
Ign file: ./ Translation-en_GB
Ign file: ./ Release
Ign file: ./ Packages
Get: 1 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/universe Translation-en_GB
Get: 2 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Get: 3 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-security/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/universe Packages
Ign http://linuxmce.com ./ Release.gpg
Ign http://linuxmce.com ./ Translation-en_GB
Ign http://linuxmce.com ./ Release
Ign http://linuxmce.com ./ Packages
Hit http://linuxmce.com ./ Packages
Fetched 3B in 3s (1B/s)
Reading package lists...
E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/_usr_pluto_deb-cache_._Packages (1)
E: Problem opening /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_edgy_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Reading package lists...
E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/_usr_pluto_deb-cache_._Packages (1)
E: Problem opening /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_edgy_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

ERROR : Failed to install and configure the base software



The installer also seems to have made a mess of my /etc/apt/sources.list:-

# Pluto sources - start
deb file:/usr/pluto/deb-cache/ ./
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy main restricted multiverse universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security main restricted multiverse universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-updates main restricted multiverse universe
deb http://linuxmce.com/ubuntu ./
#deb http://10.0.0.82/ ./
# Pluto sources - end

TIA, Steve.