Linux does not like my computer

[Corey Burger]

On 5/20/06, Rob Bowers <ribowers at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I am having grand troubles switching to Linux. I tried Fedora Core 4 and 1,
> SuSE, and Ubuntu, none of which installed, despite several attempts in each
> case.
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> I eventually got Redhat 7.3 on, but after trying to add more packages, I
> cannot login, for the screen flashes wildly, preventing any action apart
> from ctrl-alt-del (which is what I have ended up doing).
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> I currently know very little other than Windows, including what lies
> beneath. (This is changing).
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> Ubuntu says:
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> "Base system installation error
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> The debootstrap program exited with an error (return value 1)"
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> FC says:
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> "There was an error installing cracklib-dicts-2.8.2-1"
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> or
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> "There was an error installing glibc-common-2.3.5-10"
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> Recently I've been seeing
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> "error: rpmdb: damaged header #164 retrieved -- skipping"
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> "error: rpmdb: damaged header #202 retrieved -- skipping"
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> followed by
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> "free(): invalid pointer 0x1caa44!"
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> And I have seen several other error messages that are now scribbles on a wad
> of paper in my pocket, none of which make any sense to me now.
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> It is a Celeron CPU, 128M, 7G. I realise that this is a modest machine, but
> it should work, right? I am not attempting to keep a second OS.
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> I have seached for such errors for answers on internet to no avail. I hope
> someone can help. (Being without an operating system has kept me from my
> work for far too long now).
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> Thanks,
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> Rob

That is quite a catalogue of errors you have there. I would recommend
you download Ubuntu Dapper Beta one. After you download it, check the
md5sum of the download. AFter you have burned it and booted into it,
use the verify cd to check that your cd is good. Then try installing.

Corey