Re: Debconf python module

2017-08-15 Thread Gustavo Ferreira
Oh, I missed that, indeed it is there. My bad. Thank you very much for your help. Best regards, Gustavo On 15 Aug 2017 16:12, "Michael Lange" wrote: Hi, On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:59:12 +0100 Gustavo Ferreira wrote: > Hi, > > I've been reading about debconf internals lately and I've seen some

Re: Debconf python module

2017-08-15 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:59:12 +0100 Gustavo Ferreira wrote: > Hi, > > I've been reading about debconf internals lately and I've seen some > references to the "debconf python module". > > Even the man page for *debconf-devel* mentions it: > > "Perl programmers can use the Debconf::Client::C

Re: [_]debconf-show - custom apt/apt-get tab completion no longer working after upgrade

2017-07-25 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 09:37:06PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Upgraded from Debian 8/Jessie to 9/Stretch. > > Use aliases e.g. - these used to be apt-get, have updated to apt, but > in either case, the tab-completions no longer work: > alias agu='sudo apt update' > alias agi='sudo apt install

Re: debconf bricked -- undefined variable $ARGV[0] and similar issues

2014-06-17 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 13:55:37 -0400 (EDT), Tom H wrote: >> >> You might have better luck with "dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive >> -pcritical debconf". > > Thanks for the suggestion, but it did not work. Here's what I got: > > - > > roo

Re: debconf bricked -- undefined variable $ARGV[0] and similar issues

2014-06-15 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 13:55:37 -0400 (EDT), Tom H wrote: > > You might have better luck with "dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive > -pcritical debconf". Thanks for the suggestion, but it did not work. Here's what I got: - root@smp6:~# dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive -pcritical debconf /usr/s

Re: debconf bricked -- undefined variable $ARGV[0] and similar issues

2014-06-15 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > > I tried an "apt-get dist-upgrade" of my jessie system yesterday, with bad > results. It seems that debconf is bricked. Currently, there are three packages > that are unpacked but not configured: tzdata, locales, and debconf. (There > wer

Re: debconf configuration question in one window

2012-03-13 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
Hi On Tue, 2012-03-13 at 07:05 +, Bilal mk wrote: > Hello, > > > > I am trying to build a debian package for my web application. It will > ask two question. > > > But i want this question in single window. Currently it will prompt > two separate window. > > > Please help me how to do

Re: debconf answerfile

2011-01-31 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d46939a.6080...@coffeehabit.net>, Lists wrote: >pretty much what the subject says. I would like to feed answers to >debconf so that I can script installing packages on a new machine. > >I am unable to use preseed (which would solve this) because it's a >virtual server and I don't have access

Re: debconf dialogue buttons garbled

2010-02-25 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:51:27 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2010-02-25 01:49 +0100, Celejar wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:36:39 -0300 > > Cassiano Leal wrote: > > > > ... > > > >> See that there is garbage after the acual button texts? This happens > >> on all debconf buttons. What could

Re: debconf dialogue buttons garbled

2010-02-24 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-02-25 01:49 +0100, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:36:39 -0300 > Cassiano Leal wrote: > > ... > >> See that there is garbage after the acual button texts? This happens >> on all debconf buttons. What could be causing this? >> >> This is an up-to-date sid box. > > I'm seeing this

Re: debconf dialogue buttons garbled

2010-02-24 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:36:39 -0300 Cassiano Leal wrote: ... > See that there is garbage after the acual button texts? This happens > on all debconf buttons. What could be causing this? > > This is an up-to-date sid box. I'm seeing this to, on my uptodate Sid box. I guess we should file a bugr

Re: Re: Debconf problem: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process

2008-06-23 Thread Joe Hickey
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:20:44AM +0100, Jason Williams wrote: > Have the same problem as Graham did, but I'm still new at this and don't > really understand how to find and disable running process(s)? Please > help, trying to get my soundcard working, really doing my head in. A simple way of fin

Re: Re: Debconf problem: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process

2008-06-23 Thread Jason Williams
Have the same problem as Graham did, but I'm still new at this and don't really understand how to find and disable running process(s)? Please help, trying to get my soundcard working, really doing my head in. Cheers, Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: debconf dependency problems

2008-05-06 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Has anyone encountered this problem? Is there any workaround? There[1] seem to be a problem with debconf-i18n package in sid. It is to do with the Perl 5.10 transition. [1] - http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/05/msg00019.html

Re: debconf dependency problems

2008-05-05 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Has anyone encountered this problem? Is there any workaround? > There[1] seem to be a problem with debconf-i18n package in sid. It is to do with the Perl 5.10 transition. [1] - http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/05/msg00019.html hth raju -- Kamaraju S Kusuma

Re: debconf problem

2008-02-02 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 08:02:29PM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 08:00:16PM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am trying to use debconf to setup some other packages from within a meta > > package. > > > > > > I have grabbed the desired debconf setting with > > > >

Re: debconf problem

2008-02-02 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 08:00:16PM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to use debconf to setup some other packages from within a meta > package. > > > I have grabbed the desired debconf setting with > > debconf-get-selections | grep -i locale > > I get back > > locales locales/lo

Re: Debconf does not work

2008-01-23 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 11:47:43AM +0100, Miguel J. Jim?nez wrote: > Hi, while using synaptic debconf complains with this message and does > not work at all: > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0 > at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 54. > debconf: no se pudo inicializar la

Re: debconf output

2007-07-15 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Mathias Brodala wrote: Hi Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 14.07.2007 23:19: I'd like to keep a record of what I told debconf for the packages that it asked configuration parameters for. What's the best way to extract that info? Just found this command by trial and error: debco

Re: debconf output

2007-07-15 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Mathias Brodala wrote: Hi Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 14.07.2007 23:19: I'd like to keep a record of what I told debconf for the packages that it asked configuration parameters for. What's the best way to extract that info? Just found this command by trial and error: debconf-get-selections. Reg

Re: debconf output

2007-07-14 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 14.07.2007 23:19: > I'd like to keep a record of what I told debconf for the packages that > it asked configuration parameters for. > > What's the best way to extract that info? Just found this command by trial and error: debconf-get-selections. Regards, Mathias --

Re: Re: debconf problem in foomatic-filters

2007-05-12 Thread Felix Lechner
Florian, Thank you for the helpful pointers. Further examination showed an inconsistency in the debconf database. The template "foomatic-filters/gspath" was reserved by "foomatic-filters/textfilter" (the user defined by debconf-communicate). Deleting the entry manually in /var/cache/d

Re: debconf problem in foomatic-filters

2007-05-08 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 17:35:26 -0500, Felix Lechner wrote: > Hi there, > > I have the following problem when trying to re-install foomatic-filters > on my system. One of the recent upgrades broke the package. Can > anybody tell from the information below where the problem should be > reported?

Re: debconf

2005-09-06 Thread Derek \"The Monkey\" Wueppelmann
On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 23:38 -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > I have set debconf to use gtk by accident: I want it to be displayed > with KDE's Qt. When I try to do dpkg-reconfigure debconf, it either > says I do not have permission, or it says: # dpkg-reconfigure debconf > Xlib: connection to ": 0.0

Re: debconf

2005-09-06 Thread Cedric BRINER
use sux instead of sudo.. ti will give you a root terminal with the right to use your X or slogin [EMAIL PROTECTED] or .. Ced. > >>Use sudo. > >> > >> > >> > > > >Hm My sudo is not configured. > > > > > > > `su` then. Doesn't matter how you get root privs, you just need to run > it with

Re: debconf

2005-09-06 Thread Oliver Lupton
David R. Litwin wrote: Use sudo. Hm My sudo is not configured. `su` then. Doesn't matter how you get root privs, you just need to run it with them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debconf

2005-09-05 Thread David R. Litwin
Use sudo.Hm My sudo is not configured.-- —A watched bread-crumb never boils.—My hover-craft is full of eels.—‽ <--You've just been Interrobanged.—[...]and that's the he and the she of it.

Re: debconf

2005-09-05 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 11:38:16PM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > I have set debconf to use gtk by accident: I want it to be displayed with > KDE's Qt. When I try to do dpkg-reconfigure debconf, it either says I do not > have permission, or it says: # dpkg-reconfigure debconf > Xlib: connection

Re: debconf

2005-08-26 Thread Jonathan Kaye
En/La David R. Litwin ha escrit, a 21/08/05 20:26: > # dpkg-reconfigure debconf > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > dpkg-reconfigure: cannot connect to X server :0 > > And, with a normal user > > $ dpkg-reconfigure debconf > bash: dpkg-reconfigure: c

Re: debconf

2005-08-26 Thread Jules Dubois
On Friday 26 August 2005 19:50, David R. Litwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Did you have your sudo pre-configured? I configured it myself manually -- after an RTFM or two. > Mine does not work; my user was not a sudoer. When I went to add david > ALL=ALL (so I don't need t

Re: debconf

2005-08-26 Thread David R. Litwin
> sudo /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure debconfDid you have your sudo pre-configured? Mine does not work; my user was not a sudoer. When I went to add david ALL=ALL (so I don't need to type the pass-word every time), it now says $ sudo apt-get update sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0666, should be 0440.Is the

Re: Debconf 2015 Pictures..

2005-08-24 Thread Kent West
Hasan D wrote: >one >http://fotopasaj.com/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=17 > >two >http://fotopasaj.com/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=10 > >the gallery >http://fotopasaj.com/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=penguin > >the site is in Turkish.. > > The first two to

Re: Debconf 2015 Pictures..

2005-08-24 Thread valentin_nils
Is that just me or does the below links not work ? Best regards Nils Valentin http://www.be-known-online.com > one > http://fotopasaj.com/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=17 > > two > http://fotopasaj.com/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=10 > > the gallery > http://fotopasaj.com/t

Re: debconf

2005-08-21 Thread Bill Marcum
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 02:26:10PM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > > # dpkg-reconfigure debconf > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > dpkg-reconfigure: cannot connect to X server :0 > > And, with a normal user > > $ dpkg-reconfigure debconf > bash: dpk

Re: debconf

2005-08-21 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* David R. Litwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050821 20:26]: > # dpkg-reconfigure debconf > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > dpkg-reconfigure: cannot connect to X server :0 You became root by a simple "su"? So your root-user isn't allowed to connect to you

Re: debconf error

2005-08-20 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 8/20/05, Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > > While configuring debconf I opted for kde. But when I configure any > > package now I get the following error. > > debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Kde > > debconf: (Can't locate Qt.pm in @INC (@INC contains:

Re: debconf error

2005-08-20 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
L.V.Gandhi wrote: While configuring debconf I opted for kde. But when I configure any package now I get the following error. debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Kde debconf: (Can't locate Qt.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.4 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/p

Re: debconf error

2005-08-20 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* L.V.Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050820 06:38]: > While configuring debconf I opted for kde. [..] > debconf: (Can't locate Qt.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl [..] > >From where to get Qt.pm. I am running debian sarge in dell inspiron 600m. Well, you could either take a look at the output of

Re: debconf and kde

2004-10-14 Thread Richard Lyons
On Thursday 14 October 2004 13:59, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > > > Whenever I install new or updated packages (usually with aptitude), > > debconf complains that it cannot open kde, cannot find qt, etc. I am > > perfectly happy with the fallback, text interface. > > run (as root) 'dpkg-recon

Re: debconf and kde

2004-10-14 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
> Whenever I install new or updated packages (usually with aptitude), > debconf complains that it cannot open kde, cannot find qt, etc. I am > perfectly happy with the fallback, text interface. run (as root) 'dpkg-reconfigure debconf' and choose default interface other than kde. -- To UNSUBS

Re: debconf MemoryError

2004-03-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 05:12:33PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (03/03/04 13:57), Colin Watson wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 11:45:17AM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > Upgrading yesterday, aptitude reported critical bug(s) in dpkg - it > > > seems to have cleared now and the latest upgra

Re: debconf MemoryError

2004-03-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (03/03/04 13:57), Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 11:45:17AM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > > Upgrading yesterday, aptitude reported critical bug(s) in dpkg - it > > seems to have cleared now and the latest upgrade seems to be OK. > > I wouldn't put too much stock in that sort of t

Re: debconf MemoryError

2004-03-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 11:45:17AM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > Upgrading yesterday, aptitude reported critical bug(s) in dpkg - it > seems to have cleared now and the latest upgrade seems to be OK. I wouldn't put too much stock in that sort of thing unless you actually read the bugs. Anyone can

Re: debconf MemoryError

2004-03-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/03/04 18:10), BaekRyun Je wrote: > Hello, > i'm using sid and while system update debconf raising > error. > > Setting up debconf (1.4.12) ... > Sorry: MemoryError: () > dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error > exit status 1 Upgra

Re: debconf frontend / perl error

2004-01-04 Thread Kenneth Dombrowski
On 04-01-04 18:16 +0100, Joel SAGNES wrote: > Hi Kenneth, > > I've got it !!! > > Well, I don't know if it will fit you, anyway, here it is : > > As my /usr partition was nearly full, some days ago, I did a massive > (/usr/share) move towards another one having more space, then a symlink. > BUT

Re: debconf frontend / perl error

2003-12-17 Thread Kenneth Dombrowski
Hello again, Writing back to provide some more info on this, snipped a lot of stuff below... On 03-12-16 01:02 -0500, Kenneth Dombrowski wrote: > > It's debian unstable, kernel: > Linux enlil 2.4.20-2003-03-03 #1 Mon Mar 3 14:38:11 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux > > package versions involved: > ii

Re: Debconf trouble

2003-11-20 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello Nick! On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:25:44PM -0800, Nick Willson wrote: Trouble when upgrading sid, suggestions welcome on how to fix. blackbird:~# aptitude dist-upgrade [...] Preconfiguring packages ... debconf: warning: possible database corruption. Will attempt to repair by adding back missi

Re: Debconf complains of database corruption; apt system wedged

2003-10-26 Thread Joey Hess
Joseph Barillari wrote: > > "JDB" == Joseph Barillari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > JDB> Hi. After a nasty crash during a dist-upgrade, I discovered > JDB> that /var/lib/dpkg/status was missing (fsck must not have > JDB> been able to save it). I restored a copy form /var/backups

Re: Debconf complains of database corruption; apt system wedged

2003-10-25 Thread Joseph Barillari
> "JDB" == Joseph Barillari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JDB> Hi. After a nasty crash during a dist-upgrade, I discovered JDB> that /var/lib/dpkg/status was missing (fsck must not have JDB> been able to save it). I restored a copy form /var/backups, JDB> and threw away a file f

Re: debconf error

2003-09-19 Thread Joey Hess
Martin Wegmann wrote: > Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 57, <$__ANONIO__> line 3807. This strongly suggests that your debconf cache, /var/cache/deconf/*.dat, is badly corrupted. > E: Cannot get debconf version. Is debconf install

Re: debconf wonky

2003-08-07 Thread Richard Hector
Apologies for not replying to the thread; I didn't realise it was of interest to me until I found it in the archives, by which time I'd deleted it. Anyway, in case anyone else is struggling with this: Taking hints from Joey Hess, I did something like: cd /var/lib/dpkg/info cp xserver-xfree86.tem

Re: Debconf - no prompt?

2003-07-31 Thread Bijan Soleymani
--IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 11:40:04AM -0700, Maria Rodriguez wrote: > Hi All! >=20 > I'm working on a project to deploy Internet workstations in a number of l= ocal s

Re: debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Joey Hess
Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 05:41:31PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Apparently this backport did not take the po-debconf conversion into > > account, and just tossed "_Description" fields into the .debs. Not > > correct. > > Uhm... what does it mean? Do I need to ba

Re: debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 05:41:31PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Apparently this backport did not take the po-debconf conversion into > account, and just tossed "_Description" fields into the .debs. Not > correct. Uhm... what does it mean? Do I need to backport a newer debconf or do I need to a

Re: debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Joey Hess
Antony Gelberg wrote: > They're all good questions. :) It's only happening with X. > > brain:/home/antgel# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #1 of > /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.templates > > It's backport city, I'm afraid... > >

Re: debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:19:57PM +0100, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Debconf is giving me yes / no options with no questions! Anyone got any > ideas on what could be wrong? I see some error messages about templates > fly by, but they're gone before I can read them. Can you run everything inside 'sc

Re: debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Antony Gelberg
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 04:25:13PM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote: > On Tuesday 29 July 2003 16:19, Antony Gelberg wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Debconf is giving me yes / no options with no questions! Anyone got > > any ideas on what could be wrong? I see some error messages about > > templates fly by

Re: debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Tuesday 29 July 2003 16:19, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Hi all, > > Debconf is giving me yes / no options with no questions! Anyone got > any ideas on what could be wrong? I see some error messages about > templates fly by, but they're gone before I can read them. Hi Antony Is this limited to on

Re: debconf and dpkg-reconfigure behavior

2003-02-20 Thread Carlo U. Segre
Actually, no. The regular whiptail and slang1 are installed. However, I removed whiptail and modconf and then reinstalled them and now the proper behavior is present. I am not sure what might have happened here except that in the installation using a current woody CD, the user who initially set

Re: debconf and dpkg-reconfigure behavior

2003-02-20 Thread Joey Hess
Carlo U. Segre wrote: > whiptail: error while loading shared libraries: libslang.so.1-UTF8: cannot > open shared object file: No such file or directory > > Perhaps a dependency is wrong but I don't understand the "-UTF8" on my > other working machines there is no such library. Seems to me you may

Re: debconf and dpkg-reconfigure behavior

2003-02-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 01:55:41AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 06:08:27PM -0600, Carlo U. Segre wrote: > > # dpkg-recnfigure debconf > > Just returns to the prompt with no other output. > > That's because you have debconf configured not to ask questions again > once you'

Re: debconf and dpkg-reconfigure behavior

2003-02-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 06:08:27PM -0600, Carlo U. Segre wrote: > # dpkg-recnfigure debconf > Just returns to the prompt with no other output. That's because you have debconf configured not to ask questions again once you've answered them, or it's set to non-interactive. > From the debconf manu

RE: debconf and dpkg-reconfigure behavior

2003-02-19 Thread Carlo U. Segre
done that, no difference. The debconf manual states that when you run dpkg-reconfigure debconf, it will always ask the questions. This is abnormal behavior... Thanks Carlo On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Narins, Josh wrote: > Sounds like your debconf priority got set to "critical" ? > > Try > > dpkg-re

Re: debconf and dpkg-reconfigure behavior

2003-02-19 Thread Joey Hess
Narins, Josh wrote: > Sounds like your debconf priority got set to "critical" ? Nope, he said that dpkg-reconfigure debconf asked nothing. dpkg-reconfigure temporarily forces the priority to low so you should alawys see all questions when running it. I asked for a DEBCONF_DEBUG log in private mail

RE: debconf and dpkg-reconfigure behavior

2003-02-19 Thread Narins, Josh
Sounds like your debconf priority got set to "critical" ? Try > dpkg-reconfigure --priority low debconf Actually, I am not in front of a debian box now, perhaps "low" should be in quotes. I believe there is also an environment variable you can set to do the same thing. hth, -Josh > -

Re: debconf 1.1.30 broken?

2002-09-10 Thread Geoff Crompton
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 08:35:02AM +0200, Jerome Lacoste (Frisurf) wrote: > I have been having the following problem with debconf in the past week: > > > root@expresso> apt-get install debconf > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Sorry, debconf is already the newe

Re: debconf 1.1.30 broken?

2002-09-10 Thread Joey Hess
Jerome Lacoste (Frisurf) wrote: > I have been having the following problem with debconf in the past week: > > root@expresso> apt-get install debconf > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Sorry, debconf is already the newest version. > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly in

Re: debconf and linuxconf

2002-06-17 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 01:16:17PM -0300, Klaus Imgrund wrote: > When I have to type something like abcd it works fine but when I have to > mark or unmark options nothing happens - tried already about 100 different > keycombinations. 1) Don't use Lin

Re: debconf broken

2002-06-07 Thread Ross Vandegrift
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 02:22:22PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Ross Vandegrift wrote: > > Undefined subroutine &Getopt::Long::Configure called at > > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 73. > > It would appear that you have a broken perl installation somehow. > Confirm with: > > perl -we 'use s

Re: debconf broken

2002-06-07 Thread Joey Hess
Ross Vandegrift wrote: > After the dist-upgrade finished, it left debconf utterly broken. I > installed dialog and went to turn on the dialog interface with > "dpkg-reconfigure debconf". debconf now just says: > > Undefined subroutine &Getopt::Long::Configure called at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf

Re: Debconf problem: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process

2002-05-31 Thread Graham Williams
Received Sat 01 Jun 2002 10:16am +1000 from Joey Hess: > Graham Williams wrote: > > I've got myself stuck somehow with upgrading some packages (am current > > with "unstable"). After a recent apt-get dist-upgrade I now have: > > > > debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is lock

Re: Debconf problem: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process

2002-05-31 Thread Joey Hess
Graham Williams wrote: > I've got myself stuck somehow with upgrading some packages (am current > with "unstable"). After a recent apt-get dist-upgrade I now have: > > debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by > another process > > and the various messages about > >

Re: Debconf problems

2002-05-21 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21 May 2002, Robin Putters wrote: > 'dpkg-reconfigure debconf' doesn't help either? Oh hey, that worked. I didn't know about dpkg-reconfigure before. That's handy. - -- Baloo -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD

Re: Debconf problems

2002-05-21 Thread Robin Putters
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 07:41, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > > I gotta wonder what happened to being able to choose the priority and > display type for debconf in sid...I have a feeling I have the priority > cranked too high, but if I reinstall debconf, I don't get a menu asking > me what I want deb

Re: Debconf problems

2002-05-21 Thread Craig Dickson
begin Paul 'Baloo' Johnson quotation: > I gotta wonder what happened to being able to choose the priority and > display type for debconf in sid...I have a feeling I have the priority > cranked too high, but if I reinstall debconf, I don't get a menu asking > me what I want debconf to do... That

Re: debconf config

2002-05-19 Thread Joey Hess
Dave L. wrote: > while installing debconf_1.1.2_all.deb on Potato 2.2r6 (in order to install > xfree 4.1.0), during configure stage... > > 'no type given for question at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line > 15.' > > i even tried to comment out the check ('die') to no avail :) I'm not sure

Re: debconf problem during upgrade

2002-05-17 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Fri, 10 May 2002 11:48:55 -0700 "Eric Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem occurs like this. You walk away from the machine and then > one of these configuration screens comes up, and then the monitor blanks > out for power saving. Next you come back and press space bar and the

Re: debconf problem during upgrade

2002-05-17 Thread Robert Webb
Also just use something like the "ALT" key instead of the spacebar. You shouldn't have a problem then. Joey Hess wrote: Eric Richardson wrote: I think there is a problem with debconf or whatever the interface is that is used to answer questions during upgrade from potato to woody.The

Re: debconf problem during upgrade

2002-05-17 Thread Joey Hess
Eric Richardson wrote: > I think there is a problem with debconf or whatever the interface is > that is used to answer questions during upgrade from potato to woody. > > The problem occurs like this. You walk away from the machine and then > one of these configuration screens comes up, and then

Re: debconf problem during upgrade

2002-05-13 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Eric Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>whatever question was pending goes through before you have a chance to >>>answer it. It's like hitting the space bar acts as a return and the >>>default action gets executed. >> The reason why i always press Strg/Ctrl to get out of Screensavermode >>

Re: debconf problem during upgrade

2002-05-13 Thread Eric Richardson
Joerg Jaspert wrote: Eric Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: whatever question was pending goes through before you have a chance to answer it. It's like hitting the space bar acts as a return and the default action gets executed. The reason why i always press Strg/Ctrl to get out of Sc

Re: debconf config

2002-05-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:39:51PM -0400, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:30:58PM -0400, Dave L. wrote: > > while installing debconf_1.1.2_all.deb on Potato 2.2r6 (in order to install >^---^ > debconf_ 1.1.2? woody and sid only have 1.0.32. It

Re: debconf config

2002-05-12 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:30:58PM -0400, Dave L. wrote: > while installing debconf_1.1.2_all.deb on Potato 2.2r6 (in order to install ^---^ debconf_ 1.1.2? woody and sid only have 1.0.32. For X4.1 on potato look at http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/

Re: debconf problem during upgrade

2002-05-10 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Eric Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > whatever question was pending goes through before you have a chance to > answer it. It's like hitting the space bar acts as a return and the > default action gets executed. The reason why i always press Strg/Ctrl to get out of Screensavermode :) --

Re: debconf configuring XF86Config-4 with two mice

2002-04-27 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Jerome" == Jerome Acks, writes: >> >> My work around was to add my own server layout at the top of >> the file *before* the debconf managed section and leave the >> Generic Mouse out of it. The server will use the first >> ServerLayout section it finds by default, and so

Re: debconf configuring XF86Config-4 with two mice

2002-04-27 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 01:38:55PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Jerome" == Jerome Acks, writes: > > Jerome> When I run dpkg-reconfigure, I am only asked question > Jerome> about the "Configured Mouse" and I don't seem to have any > Jerome> way to change the configuration of the

Re: debconf configuring XF86Config-4 with two mice

2002-04-27 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Jerome" == Jerome Acks, writes: Jerome> When I run dpkg-reconfigure, I am only asked question Jerome> about the "Configured Mouse" and I don't seem to have any Jerome> way to change the configuration of the "Generic Mouse" or Jerome> to remove it entirely. After going through

Re: debconf configuring XF86Config-4 with two mice

2002-04-27 Thread Andy Saxena
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 11:09:05PM -0400, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > Although I have a working XF86Config-4, I put it together without using > debconf so it does not have any DEBCONF SECTION. Anyway I decided to > give debconf a try at managing the file and ran dpkg-reconfigure > xserver-xfree86. The

Re: debconf configuring XF86Config-4 with two mice

2002-04-26 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 09:04:39PM -0700, ben wrote: > On Thursday 25 April 2002 08:09 pm, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > > Although I have a working XF86Config-4, I put it together without using > > debconf so it does not have any DEBCONF SECTION. Anyway I decided to > > give debconf a try at managing th

Re: debconf configuring XF86Config-4 with two mice

2002-04-25 Thread ben
On Thursday 25 April 2002 08:09 pm, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > Although I have a working XF86Config-4, I put it together without using > debconf so it does not have any DEBCONF SECTION. Anyway I decided to > give debconf a try at managing the file and ran dpkg-reconfigure > xserver-xfree86. The result

Re: debconf database

2002-03-04 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 02:12:33PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Where is the debconf database? Configurable, but it's in /var/cache/debconf by default. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debconf? problems

2002-03-03 Thread stan
On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 11:06:26PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > stan wrote: > >I'm having problems with the configuration choices presented while > >installing packages from dselect (woodu). Basicly the screen becomes > >blue, and the data presented is put on the screen in what seems to > >be raw

Re: debconf? problems

2002-03-03 Thread Colin Watson
stan wrote: >I'm having problems with the configuration choices presented while >installing packages from dselect (woodu). Basicly the screen becomes >blue, and the data presented is put on the screen in what seems to >be raw mode. > >In an effort to fix this, I decied to try doing dpkg-reconfigur

Re: debconf 1.0.26 problems

2002-02-11 Thread Stefan Bellon
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stefan Bellon wrote: > > I have Debian GNU/Linux unstable on my notebook. Since a few days I > > have a problem: Whenever I install a packet that depends on > > debconf, I get the following error messages during set-up: > > > > Use of uninitialized value in

Re: debconf 1.0.26 problems

2002-02-11 Thread Joey Hess
Stefan Bellon wrote: > Hi! > > I have Debian GNU/Linux unstable on my notebook. Since a few days I > have a problem: Whenever I install a packet that depends on debconf, I > get the following error messages during set-up: > > Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at > /usr/share/perl5

Re: debconf/whiptail problem

2002-01-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 10:17:29PM -0500, Conor McCutcheon wrote: > On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 07:29:40PM -0600, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 05:48:45PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I recently attempted a large apt-get update then upgrade on my woody > > > box. It wanted t

Re: debconf/whiptail problem

2002-01-20 Thread Conor McCutcheon
On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 07:29:40PM -0600, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 05:48:45PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I recently attempted a large apt-get update then upgrade on my woody > > box. It wanted to upgrade about 125 packages, and everthing was going > > smoothly until i

Re: debconf/whiptail problem

2002-01-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 05:48:45PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I recently attempted a large apt-get update then upgrade on my woody > box. It wanted to upgrade about 125 packages, and everthing was going > smoothly until is was pre-configuring (I think) ssh. When it tried to > bring up the

Re: debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Can't locate Debian/DebConf/Co nfigDb.pm

2002-01-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 04:11:10PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Ed Greenberg wrote: > > I seem to have broken dpkg (or something :) by reinstalling Perl 5.6.1 from > > source. > > > > When trying to install a package I get: debconf: Perl may be unconfigured > > (Can't locate Debian/DebConf/ConfigDb

Re: debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Can't locate Debian/DebConf/Co nfigDb.pm

2002-01-07 Thread Joey Hess
Ed Greenberg wrote: > I seem to have broken dpkg (or something :) by reinstalling Perl 5.6.1 from > source. > > When trying to install a package I get: debconf: Perl may be unconfigured > (Can't locate Debian/DebConf/ConfigDb.pm The perl that you built from source does not have the full @INC pa

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