combinatorix
February 26th, 2010, 04:01 PM
I just recently installed 9.10 out-of-the-box and everything went smoothly
and ran fine. It then wanted to download and install updates, which I
allowed. The first time after the updates, the window manager wouldn't
come up because it said it could not write to .ICEAuthority or my home.
I checked permissions on them and they were fine. I tried everything
in the forums but no luck, so I wiped and re-installed.
The second time, everything went smoothly again, until I installed the
updates. After updating again, things did not work at all. After rummaging
around in config files for hours, I discovered that "Version" had been
replaced with "V2rsion" in a couple important config files related to
the package manager. I'm not sure if this is a typo by a coder, a hiccup
in the network (I have a netgear wireless card), or a bug in the crypto.
Any thoughts? I was able to correct the problem, but it was extremely
difficult and required a bit of luck on my part. Before the correction
all the updaters and package fixing stuff didn't function at all.
and ran fine. It then wanted to download and install updates, which I
allowed. The first time after the updates, the window manager wouldn't
come up because it said it could not write to .ICEAuthority or my home.
I checked permissions on them and they were fine. I tried everything
in the forums but no luck, so I wiped and re-installed.
The second time, everything went smoothly again, until I installed the
updates. After updating again, things did not work at all. After rummaging
around in config files for hours, I discovered that "Version" had been
replaced with "V2rsion" in a couple important config files related to
the package manager. I'm not sure if this is a typo by a coder, a hiccup
in the network (I have a netgear wireless card), or a bug in the crypto.
Any thoughts? I was able to correct the problem, but it was extremely
difficult and required a bit of luck on my part. Before the correction
all the updaters and package fixing stuff didn't function at all.