--- On Fri, 2/6/09, Frank McCormick <debianl...@videotron.ca> wrote:
> From: Frank McCormick <debianl...@videotron.ca> > Subject: Re: Term not set > To: l.glidewell.li...@gmail.com > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 2:11 PM > L Glidewell wrote: > > On Thursday 05 February 2009 20:06:54 Frank McCormick > wrote: > >> Frank McCormick wrote: > >>> Lately when the terminal is running in > update-manager installing > >>> packages, it says "Term not set" so > Dialog won't work. It falls back to > >>> readline. > >>> How can I fix this? > >> Nobody ?? > > Well, the question isn't completely clear. How do > you run this application, > > and in what context do you receive this error message? > > > Simple. Click on update-manager...if there are no updates > to be > installed...click on "check". If there are > updates, click on "Install". > When the installation begins I presume update-manager runs > a terminal, > because that is where I see the message "Term not > set" > > > How does the terminal > > run "in" update-manager? Wouldn't it be > the other way around? > > Update-manager is a GTK program...so it'll run from the > desktop. > > What dialogue > > isn't working? What do you mean by readline? > > Readline I gather is the default the system uses when > Dialog isn't > available. This has to do with debconf, I sorted this issue by running "configure-debian", then choosing subsection "admin", then choose program "debconf", then choose the interface and priority level you want to use. I use KDE, so naturally I choose the KDE interface. HTH's. Best regards. -- Angus "All churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Muslim, appear to me no other than human inventions, setup to terrify and enslave mankind - and to monopolize power and profit." -- Thomas Paine (1737-1809) ###Laptop powered by Debian Linux### ######Reg. Linux User #278931###### -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org