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I have burnt the Mageia-8-x86_64.iso on a DVD. Then I tried a fresh installation with formatting of the / partition. Plasma Desktop
However the installation reports failures of missing packages. I have also added a network http or ftp connection with the intention that the missing packages could be loaded from there. And the error reports remain. The installation is aborted.

34 installation transactions failed

Installation of packages failed:

libXdmcp.so.6()(64bit) is needed by lib64xcb1-1.14-1.mga8.x86_64
libxX11.so.6()(64bit) is needed by lib64xfixes3-5.0.3.3.mga8.x86_64
libfreetype.so.6()(64bit) is needed by fontconfig-2.13.93-4.mga8.x86_64
...

See the 3rd comment here
https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=14413
Try to install withaut update repos enabled. This can be done after the installation is completely done and the system is up.

Did you also check the checksums from your iso and burned installation media?

sturmvogel wrote:
Did you also check the checksums from your iso and burned installation media?

yes, valid

sturmvogel wrote:See the 3rd comment here
https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=14413
Try to install withaut update repos enabled. This can be done after the installation is completely done and the system is up.

Now I use the "Core Release" and the "Nonfree Release" sources only.
But the error message remains the same. :evil:

is there a particular reason you used a DVD as install media?

scratches, fingerprints and a failing reader can all cause install issues when using DVD optical media.

can you perform the install by using a USB pendrive?

note that it is possible to complete the install by using the Classic Install .iso from a partition on the HDD, you just need to use a boot medium to start the install.

benmc wrote:is there a particular reason you used a DVD as install media?

Yes. Also the former Mageia 7 installation has made problems. I could only install X DM. I can boot with the Mageia 8 GNOME Live DVD, but after a successfull installation with it and restart the Mageia screen freezes at the end.

Therefore I want to try out the installation with the Classic DVD with Plasma or any other than GNOME.

Shouldn't the classic DVD work?

flink wrote:Shouldn't the classic DVD work?

yes, it should work fine.
I suspect that the reboot did not start successfully due to a hardware issue.

I wondered why you use a DVD optical media, as opposed to a USB pendrive, as optical media as can have issues due to fingerprints and reader faults.

are you able to boot up the Live Gnome again? and post the output of

Code: Select all: lspcidrake -v

Code: Select all: [live@localhost ~]$ lspcidrake -v

quite a few "unknown" in there.

how old is your hardware?

from the Live Gnome, please also

Code: Select all: uname -r

benmc wrote:quite a few "unknown" in there.

how old is your hardware?

HP Elitebook 6930p

available since 2009

benmc wrote:from the Live Gnome, please also
Code: Select all
uname -r

Code: Select all: [live@localhost ~]$ uname -r 5.10.16-desktop-1.mga8

I am on an HP ProBook 4520s, 2010, so similar era.

I suspect that you have a physical problem with your optical media or the reader.

Are you able to use a USB stick as install medium?

edit:

from the Gnome Live, please attach the install log for the failed install

it is in /root/drakx/

this will show the missing packages.
one at least was for the x display

it may be possible to add the missing packages manually.

when we have discovered the missing packages you will need to then,boot to grub.
edit the kernel line in grub by appending with a 3
log in as root at the prompt.
run

Code: Select all: drak dm

see which display managers are available

see if your network is enabled

Code: Select all: drakconnect

if network is available, add online media -

Code: Select all: urpmi.removemedia -a urpmi.addmedia --distrib 'ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/mageia/distrib/$VERSION/$ARCH'

or edit the "ftp....../$arch" to suit your preferred mirror.

to add a 2nd (or third)DM

Code: Select all: urpmi lightdm

run

Code: Select all: drakdm

again and choose lightdm

then

Code: Select all: urpmi missing_package missing_package

....etc

upon completion, reboot and let us know if there are still problems.

edit #2
you have not yet setup a root or user credentials, so you would need to do this after your first login, login would be "live", and no password.

benmc wrote:quite a few "unknown" in there.

"unknown" is mostly not an issue, this usually shows up for drivers that are built into the kernel and loadable as modules - the majority of chipset parts usually show as unknown, which is not an issue.

benmc wrote:I am on an HP ProBook 4520s, 2010, so similar era.
from the Gnome Live, please attach the install log for the failed install

This is another story.
So I have create a new issue for this.

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