From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 17 13:27:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA24871 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:27:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA24827 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:26:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA05615; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:26:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:26:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Francis A. Vidal" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: URGENT: error code 1 from pkg_add(1) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Francis A. Vidal wrote: > hello everyone! > > i recently upgraded my kernel to 2.2.5-STABLE and decided to re-install > some stuff from the 2.2.2-RELEASE CD. i used `/stand/sysinstall' to add > some packages over FTP (the sysinstall program came from freebsd.org > which i downloaded because of the buggy one that was shipped with > 2.2.2-RELEASE). > > now, the problem is, whenever i try to install a package, it always gives > me an `error code 1' message and does not install the package! it also > tells me to check the debug screen for more info but i could not find the > debug screen since i'm using ttys 0-5 (alt-F1 --> alt-F6). error code 1 = operation not permitted (must be root) Try installing the package using pkg_add from the command line, instead of using sysinstall. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major