Re: dselect install get's stuck with console-data config -- please help!

2002-12-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 06:38:16PM -0500, sean finney wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:15:30PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > Not at all. I've never used 'apt-get dist-upgrade' - always dselect. :) > > right, i don't think dselect was the cause of the problem. i think > the problem was that he

Re: dselect install get's stuck with console-data config -- please help!

2002-12-07 Thread sean finney
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:15:30PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > Not at all. I've never used 'apt-get dist-upgrade' - always dselect. :) right, i don't think dselect was the cause of the problem. i think the problem was that he removed all his previous stable sources and put in a bunch of testi

Re: dselect install get's stuck with console-data config -- please help!

2002-12-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 01:19:50PM -0800, Lukas Latz wrote: > Thanks for the responses, guys! > > The apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade took care of it. > I guess it was pretty naive of me to just run dselect... Not at all. I've never used 'apt-get dist-upgrade' - always dselect. :) -- Co

Re: dselect install get's stuck with console-data config -- please help!

2002-12-07 Thread Lukas Latz
Thanks for the responses, guys! The apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade took care of it. I guess it was pretty naive of me to just run dselect... The error also does come up with apt-get update but there it doesn't hang the install script. Makes all the difference :-) Lukas ___

Re: dselect install get's stuck with console-data config -- please help!

2002-12-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 07:46:23AM -0800, Lukas Latz wrote: > The download ran for quite a while and then a preconfigure script > broke off the message that's below. I've seen config scripts fail > before, but usually that doesn't stall the dselect, this one does -- I > had to ctrl-c -- now my var/

Re: dselect install get's stuck with console-data config -- please help!

2002-12-07 Thread sean finney
heya, to upgrade a system, i'd do apt-get update and then apt-get dist-upgrade both before running dselect. actually, i wouldn't use dselect at all but that's personal preference. either way, the only error that i'd be concerned about from your post is: On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 07:46:23AM -0800,