[driverloader] Driverloader installer does not work.

[Steve Williamson]

Linuxant support (Jonathan) wrote:

> Hi,
>
> which version of the installer do you use? This information can be 
> obtained when you start the installer in the terminal. If you do not 
> have the 0.95 version, please download the installer again at :
>
> http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/downloads-installer.php
>
> and you will obtain the 0.95 vrsion (or later) of the installer.
>
> In 0.95, it is quite possible that the connection refused to 
> 127.0.0.1:18021 problem is fixed since we have fixed a potential race 
> condition which could lead to this problem. If you still have problem 
> to start the graphical version of the installer, please try to start 
> the installer again with the
>
> ---
> sh dldrinstall.run -- --debug
> ---
>
> command in a root shell and please send at support at linuxant.com the 
> generated file '/tmp/dldrinstall-debug.txt', it will help us find the 
> source of the problem. The '--debug' option is only available in the 
> installer version 0.95 and later.
>
> For the "Command '*' not supported." error messages you probably 
> obtained while installing the TAR package with the graphical version 
> of the installer, this problem was fixed in the 0.94 version.
>
> Finally, the issue about the order which the download and the removal 
> of the package will probably be fixed in the next release of the 
> installer.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jonathan
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
>
>
> Steve Williamson wrote:
>
>> I decided to try the installer this time but while trying it I came 
>> to a few problems.
>>
>> 1. When I run sh dldrinstall.run as root it opens my browser and say 
>> connect refused to 127.0.0.1:18021.  If I run the command again it 
>> loads up fine.
>>
>> 2. If I run the installer as my user it brings this up:
>> *Command '/bin/bash:' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command 'Usage: /bin/bash' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' /bin/bash' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command 'GNU' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --debug' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --dump-po-strings' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --dump-strings' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --help' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --init-file' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --login' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --noediting' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --noprofile' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --norc' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --posix' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --rcfile' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --restricted' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --verbose' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --version' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' --wordexp' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command 'Shell' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' -irsD' not supported.*
>>
>> *Command ' -abefhkmnptuvxBCHP' not supported.*
>>
>>
>> 3. This is the major problem that stops me from using the install 
>> script. It uninstalls my driverloader before downloading the new 
>> driverloader package. So you can see that it will not work if my 
>> wireless is unistalled and then try to use the wireless to download 
>> the package.
>>
>> I am running this on the latest Gentoo.
>>
>>
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I had 0.94 version. I downloaded the 0.95 version and the connection 
refused problem was fixed. I will try the installer again when a new 
version of driverloader is released. Hopefully #3 problem will be fixed 
by then.