On Sunday 16 March 2003 11:09, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 10:26:36AM -0300, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > When I try to install it with "dpkg -i" I get: > > > > Setting up plex86-kernel-2.4.20 (0.0.20011018-8) ... > > adduser: The user `whiptail:' doesn't exist. > > dpkg: error processing plex86-kernel-2.4.20 (--configure): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 [snippage] > > What is going on?
> Neither, no. It seems that you've entered "whiptail:" (with the colon) > when plex86-kernel-2.4.20 asked you "Which users do you want in the > Plex86 group?". I suggest using 'dpkg-reconfigure plex86-kernel-2.4.20' > to remove the colon, or perhaps just remove that username altogether. > > The appearance of "whiptail:" could have been a bug - I don't know the > package well enough to be sure. > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks to Colin Watson. I'm sure I didn't enter "whiptail" nor "whiptail:" in any dialog. But anyway, your answer put me back on track. dpkg-reconfigure didn't work because plex86 wasn't completely installed. In /var/cache/debconf/config.dat were two "value:"- entries which are supposed to contain the username and nothing else. However the two values contained an error message starting with "whiptail:". I deleted the entries. This enabled me to run dpkg -i plex86-kernel-2.4.20 again. Then dpkg-reconfigure was run successfully and brought up the configuration dialog for plex86 where I was able to enter the usernames for the plex86 group. This time the values in config.dat were set correctly. I don't know where this went wrong in the first place neither could I reproduce the error. It was a glitch. Thus: no bug report. Thank you again -- Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE Casilla de Correo 1519 Asuncion / Paraguay Tel.: 595-21-578698 FAX: 595-21-578690 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
