I'm now using the daily images (20091216) as you suggested (I swapped to backport when I hit a console hang issue (fixed by vga=...) and hadn't swapped back.
Same thing I'm afraid - I've added in "set -x" and this is what I see (echo's I've added): (process:21240): + echo calling backup (process:21240): + db_capb backup (process:21240): + _db_cmd CAPB backup (process:21240): + IFS= printf %s\n CAPB backup (process:21240): + IFS= (process:21240): read -r _db_internal_line (process:21240): + RET=multiselect backup progresscancel align plugin-terminal (process:21240): + return 0 (process:21240): + echo calling input (process:21240): + db_input high di-utils-shell/do-shell (process:21240): + _db_cmd INPUT high di-utils-shell/do-shell (process:21240): + IFS= printf %s\n INPUT high di-utils-shell/do-shell (process:21240): + IFS= (process:21240): read -r _db_internal_line (process:21240): + RET=30 question skipped (process:21240): + return 30 Connection to 10.5.2.89 closed. I wonder if it's because I'm preseeding and have set debconf to critical only... Seems wierd that db_input bails, but then it's been a while since I've done debconf usage. I'm currently preseeding this lot (lots of other things but these are the only di-* or console bits. d-i anna/choose_modules string network-console d-i network-console/password password r00tme d-i network-console/password-again password r00tme d-i finish-install/keep-consoles boolean true # don't halt progress by telling us sshd has started d-i network-console/start note seen # trying to get nc working (tried with this commented and uncommented) # this should skip the "about to start a shell" #d-i di-utils-shell/do-shell note seen Changing the db_input line from "high" to "critical" seemed to do the trick :-) Adrian -- bitcube.co.uk - Expert Linux infrastructure consultancy Puppet, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
