On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:25:57AM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > The situation: > I need to reinstall tdm-trinity. It's a long saga. I am getting the > following. The left hand edge is missing (on the display so on my copy) and > I can't see the text very well, so I may have miscopied. But here it is, for > what it is worth: > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > # aptitude reinstall tdm-trinity > > up tdm-trinity 94:14.0.1~pre21-0debian8.0.0.2~a)... > top-daemon:pid value must be a number greater than 0 > start-stop-daemon --help for more information
My guess is that the package scripts are trying to stop the existing display-manager so that they can start tdm-trinity. However, maybe due to the way s-s-d is being called, s-s-d is getting an invalid value for the Process ID of that existing display-manager. My guess, again, is that the PID it's getting is 0, which is indicative of "the process you're looking for isn't running" A couple of options to hack around this are to unpack the deb, edit the scripts (either post-inst or pre-inst as necessary) and then re-pack the deb, which you then install. The other alternative would be to do some prestidigitation with s-s-d. Write a little script: #!/bin/sh exit 0 Copy /sbin/start-stop-daemon somewhere safe and put your script in its place (make sure to chmod +x it), then install the package (at which point, your fake s-s-d will signal success, but do nothing). Move the original s-s-d back into place and restart the service. > > ---------------------------------------- > I then tried > # dpkg-reconfigure tdm-trinity > > I got the following error message, left hand edge missing again: > ------------------------------------------ > > 064319]systemd-default-display-manager-generator[1316]:/lib/systemd/system/tdm.service > > is not a systemd unit. we disable the systemd enabled display manager > top-daemon:pid value must be a number greater than 0 > start-stop-daemon --help for more information > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Any useful suggestions for what I could try? In my book, chuck systemd would > not count as useful. Though it has crossed my mind. :-( > > Thanks. > > Lisi > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201503301125.57809.lisi.re...@gmail.com >
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