On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 11:13:20AM +0100, Chris Robinson wrote: > > I am trying to install packages etc to etch using ssh. > > In previous versions of debian (woody and sarge) I have been able to > answer question which filled the screen and had <OK> or <Y> 0r <N>. > These questions appeared as a result of apt-get and would involve > configuring packages. > > I am using vt100 emulation. >
I wonder if you've run into a LANG change. Prior to Etch, I didn't use locales on any of my boxes. When I got a new box and installed Etch, it uses UTF-8 by default so now my LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 while the box from which I ssh is still LANG=C. Anything other than plain text got garbled so before I did anything like run mutt or mc, I had to issue LANG=C and all was fine. So if you still want to use the dialog interface instead of readline, try issuing LANG=C before you run dpkg-reconfigure or anything to do with apt. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
