In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 10:57:03AM -0700, Blars Blarson wrote:
>> I've got a system where I've recently installed potato and then
>> upgraded to testing.
...
>> "subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 128"
...
>Sounds like a bug; no idea if it's been fixed in unstable. You can
>probably get a good bit further using "export DEBCONF_DEBUG='.*'" before
>configuring xserver-xfree86 and posting the output here.
In the meantime, I'd read the postinst shell script enough to figure
out that /etc/X11/X should be a symlink to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 .
Puting that symlink in made X work, so I renamed the postinstall
script and ran dpkg --pending --configure to convince dpkg that
xserver-xfree86 was installed properly.
Renameing the symlink and running the postinst procedure manually with
DEBCONF_DEBUG=".*" gives the following:
Script started on Sun Oct 7 15:25:05 2001
monkey:/tmp# ./xserver-xfree86.postinst
debconf (db): making DbDriver of type File
debconf (db configdb): started; filename is /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
debconf (db configdb): loading database
debconf (db): making DbDriver of type File
debconf (db templatedb): started; filename is /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat
debconf (db templatedb): loading database
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (user): trying frontend Dialog
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is xserver-xfree86
debconf (developer): starting ./xserver-xfree86.postinst
debconf (developer): <-- GET shared/default-x-server
debconf (developer): --> 10 shared/default-x-server doesn't exist
debconf (db configdb): no database changes, not saving
debconf (db templatedb): no database changes, not saving
monkey:/tmp#
Script done on Sun Oct 7 15:25:32 2001
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