[SlugLUG] Help Me Choose: Part 2

[Jimmy]

Rohan Sheth wrote:
> So I installed Debian last night using the etch beta 3 installer.  I
> had to pass something fun to the boot parameter in order for the
> installer to recognize my cdrom drive...and then I was off.
>
> After it finished its base install, i swapped testing for unstable in
> sources.list and then did an apt-get dist-upgrade.  After that I was
> done I wanted to play around in X so I tried to install xserver-xorg.
> This is when things went funny.
>
> During the "configuring" of the installation process I get this very
> nice looking error about how something cannot be a null value.  This is
> placed with an OK button that when pushed simply brings the same screen
> back.  I got a little frustrated and checked google but found very
> little help that I could understand.  
>
> Is anyone possibly familiar with this problem or knows what I should be
> doing?
>   
null=unknown, so Debian is looking for a known value for something. Why 
not use Etch un-till you get the system up and running?

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