Bug#443753: [Debconf-devel] Bug#443753: /usr/share/debconf/frontend segfaults

2007-09-24 Thread Ionut Ciocirlan
> The original bug report about this mentioned libc6-i686. Do you > reproduce the problem if that package is removed and you then run > dpkg-reconfigure debconf -fkde ? > Yes, the problem existed without libc6-i686. My bad, I sidetracked #441975 because libc6-i686 had nothing to do with it anym

Bug#443753: [Debconf-devel] Bug#443753: /usr/share/debconf/frontend segfaults

2007-09-24 Thread Joey Hess
Ionut Ciocirlan wrote: > It doesn't crash kde. /usr/share/debconf/frontend simply segfaults if > the frontend is set to Kde, regardless of it being run with or without > an existing DISPLAY. (yes, root does usually have access to it, but > anyway when it doesn't frontend used to fallback and warn a

Bug#443753: [Debconf-devel] Bug#443753: /usr/share/debconf/frontend segfaults

2007-09-23 Thread Ionut Ciocirlan
Update: after said experience, and now up-to-date sid, it works. Can switch frontend to kde and no segfault. Under the circumstances, the bug should probably be further downgraded as it will be irreproducible and must have something to do with the obscure state my system was in. I guess if anyone

Bug#443753: [Debconf-devel] Bug#443753: /usr/share/debconf/frontend segfaults

2007-09-23 Thread Ionut Ciocirlan
> > What version of libqt-perl do you have installed? What changed on your > system to cause kde to start segfaulting? Did it happen in the middle of > an upgrade? Does root have access to your DISPLAY? What does the crash > actually look like? > libqt-perl 3.008-2 It doesn't crash kde. /usr/

Bug#443753: [Debconf-devel] Bug#443753: /usr/share/debconf/frontend segfaults

2007-09-23 Thread Joey Hess
Ionut Ciocirlan wrote: > It segfaults with frontend Kde. Can't dpkg-reconfigure debconf as that > causes a segfault too. dpkg-reconfigure -f dialog > fixes the problem. However, if you don't (know how to) do that, package > breakages all over: libc6 fails to upgrade, xserver-xorg got into an > un