This is a double-barreled question. First up, I'm seeking a virtual DOS environment that I could compile MASM source in. At present I have to boot in/out of Windows to do this and I'd really like to just stay in Linux...
Secondly, an series of problems with dselect has been snowballing. I've tried with/without deb-conf but it doesn't resolve anything. I'd really value comments as to how to resolve this... #dpkg --configure --pending Setting up debconf (0.2.19) ... Can't locate lib.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 8. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 8. dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Setting up apache (1.3.9-10) ... ERROR: apacheconfig could not be run. It may be the wrong version, or perl may not be fully configured yet. When fixed, run "dpkg --configure apache" or "apacheconfig". Press Enter to continue: dpkg: error processing apache (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of esound: esound depends on debconf; however: Package debconf is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing esound (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome32: libgnome32 depends on esound; however: Package esound is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgnome32 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-bin: gnome-bin depends on libgnome32 (>= 1.0.54-1); however: Package libgnome32 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-bin (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnorbagtk0: libgnorbagtk0 depends on gnome-bin (>= 1.0.54-1); however: Package gnome-bin is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgnorbagtk0 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomeui32: libgnomeui32 depends on gnome-bin (>= 1.0.54-1); however: Package gnome-bin is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgnomeui32 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome-dev: libgnome-dev depends on libgnome32 (= 1.0.54-1); however: Package libgnome32 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgnome-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomesupport0: libgnomesupport0 depends on gnome-bin (>= 1.0.54-1); however: Package gnome-bin is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgnomesupport0 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnorba-dev: libgnorba-dev depends on libgnome-dev (>= 1.0.54-1); however: Package libgnome-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgnorba-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtkxmhtml1: libgtkxmhtml1 depends on gnome-bin (>= 1.0.54-1); however: Package gnome-bin is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgtkxmhtml1 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnorba27: libgnorba27 depends on gnome-bin (>= 1.0.54-1); however: Package gnome-bin is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgnorba27 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libart-dev: libart-dev depends on libgnome-dev (>= 1.0.54-1); however: Package libgnome-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libart-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: debconf apache esound libgnome32 gnome-bin libgnorbagtk0 libgnomeui32 libgnome-dev libgnomesupport0 libgnorba-dev libgtkxmhtml1 libgnorba27 libart-dev _Tim Burgess_____________________Ba.App.Sc.(Hons) RMIT__ | Masters Candidate | | Dept of Computer Science, University of Hawaii | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] office:(808)956-5428 | | http://www2.hawaii.edu/~tburgess mobile:(808)384-6618 | |________________________________PGP Key ID 1D8BE169____|