Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-13 Thread Linux-Fan
Darac Marjal writes: On 10/06/2023 16:08, S M wrote: On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 02:12:14PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: Is command-line editing part of POSIX, then? Are you suggesting that dash is missing some bit of POSIX compliance? That's possible. Command-line editing in vi-mode is defined by

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-11 Thread Darac Marjal
On 10/06/2023 16:08, S M wrote: On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 02:12:14PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: Is command-line editing part of POSIX, then? Are you suggesting that dash is missing some bit of POSIX compliance? That's possible. Command-line editing in vi-mode is defined by POSIX, but it's not m

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-10 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 09:21:19PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > Unfortunately neither the Debian changelog of dash nor the commit > message for this change[2] give an explanation. Removing the debconf > handling certainly simplifies the package, and there are not too many > scripts around that sta

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-10 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2023-06-09 12:06 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2023-06-09 at 12:00, Charles Curley wrote: > >> On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 13:38:25 + >> S M wrote: >> >>> I noticed on a newly installed system with Debian 12 that >>> dpkg-reconfigure no longer allows t

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-10 Thread S M
On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 09:49:14AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > There's no point debating any further. S M has a unique desire, which > is not shared by any other person I've ever heard of, and they're going > to do what they want. I didn't mean this to be a discussion about my particular wants

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-10 Thread gene heskett
On 6/9/23 20:33, S M wrote: On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 08:00:51PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 05:45:04PM -0500, S M wrote: Regarding a workaround, I ended up creating a symlink /usr/local/bin/sh pointing to bash and chsh to that. Why? Why not simply chsh to /bin/bash if

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-10 Thread S M
On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 02:12:14PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > Is command-line editing part of POSIX, then? Are you suggesting that dash is > missing some bit of POSIX compliance? That's possible. Command-line editing in vi-mode is defined by POSIX, but it's not mandatory as far as I know.

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-10 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 02:12:14PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On 10/06/2023 01:32, S M wrote: > > Yes. POSIX-compliance is a feature to me. I'd actually be fine with > > using dash itself but the lack of command line editing and filename > > completion is a deal-breaker to me. > Is command-line

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-10 Thread Darac Marjal
On 10/06/2023 01:32, S M wrote: On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 08:00:51PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 05:45:04PM -0500, S M wrote: Regarding a workaround, I ended up creating a symlink /usr/local/bin/sh pointing to bash and chsh to that. Why? Why not simply chsh to /bin/bash

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-09 Thread S M
On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 08:00:51PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 05:45:04PM -0500, S M wrote: > > Regarding a workaround, I ended up creating a symlink /usr/local/bin/sh > > pointing to bash and chsh to that. > > Why? Why not simply chsh to /bin/bash if that's what you wan

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 05:45:04PM -0500, S M wrote: > Regarding a workaround, I ended up creating a symlink /usr/local/bin/sh > pointing to bash and chsh to that. Why? Why not simply chsh to /bin/bash if that's what you want as your interactive shell? Are you somehow relying on bash's disabling

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-09 Thread S M
On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 04:07:03PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Nothing you wrote here is incorrect, but none of it explains the policy > change that has occurred. I won't even say it's a bad policy change. > It makes at least a little bit of sense... Yeah, I'd also like to know what was the re

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-09 Thread songbird
on this machine > is by running 'readlink /bin/sh'. > * Change it by running 'dpkg-reconfigure dash'. > > -- Luk Claes Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:23:20 +0200 did you notice the date? that's some time ago... which might be why it wasn't thought of

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 08:20:52PM +0200, didier gaumet wrote: > Le 09/06/2023 à 15:38, S M a écrit : > > I noticed on a newly installed system with Debian 12 that dpkg-reconfigure > > no longer allows to switch the /bin/sh symlink from dash to bash. This is > > apparently i

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-09 Thread didier gaumet
Le 09/06/2023 à 15:38, S M a écrit : Good day. I noticed on a newly installed system with Debian 12 that dpkg-reconfigure no longer allows to switch the /bin/sh symlink from dash to bash. This is apparently intentional as per the following: https://launchpad.net/debian/+source/dash/0.5.11

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-09 Thread The Wanderer
On 2023-06-09 at 12:00, Charles Curley wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 13:38:25 + > S M wrote: > >> I noticed on a newly installed system with Debian 12 that >> dpkg-reconfigure no longer allows to switch the /bin/sh symlink from >> dash to bash. > > You can

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-09 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 13:38:25 + S M wrote: > I noticed on a newly installed system with Debian 12 that > dpkg-reconfigure no longer allows to switch the /bin/sh symlink from > dash to bash. You can still change it manually (rm ; ln -s). -- Does anybody read signatures any mor

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
has been changed to dash for new installations. When upgrading existing installations, the system shell will not be changed automatically. * One can see what the current default system shell on this machine is by running 'readlink /bin/sh'. * Change it by running '

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-09 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Fri, Jun 09 2023 at 01:38:25 PM, S M wrote: > Good day. > > I noticed on a newly installed system with Debian 12 that > dpkg-reconfigure no longer allows to switch the /bin/sh symlink from > dash to bash. This is apparently intentional as per the following: > > https:/

"dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-09 Thread S M
Good day. I noticed on a newly installed system with Debian 12 that dpkg-reconfigure no longer allows to switch the /bin/sh symlink from dash to bash. This is apparently intentional as per the following: https://launchpad.net/debian/+source/dash/0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-4 I couldn&#

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-07-24 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting David Wright (2019-07-16 19:41:17) > On Sat 11 May 2019 at 01:22:09 (+0200), Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > Den 2019-05-10 kl. 18:21, skrev David Wright: > > > > For example, I append lines to /etc/console-setup/remap.inc to > > > > do things like enhancing the navigation keys, and preventi

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-07-17 Thread David Wright
gt; >> why the "Keyboard model" has to be set before "Keyboard layout" when > >> walking through the dpkg-reconfigure menues? > >> > >> If it was the other way around, the first choice, "Keyboard layout", > >> could perhaps

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-07-16 Thread Erik Josefsson
n: I'd like to know >> why the "Keyboard model" has to be set before "Keyboard layout" when >> walking through the dpkg-reconfigure menues? >> >> If it was the other way around, the first choice, "Keyboard layout", >> could perhaps make

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-07-16 Thread David Wright
On Sat 11 May 2019 at 10:10:42 (+0200), Erik Josefsson wrote: > […] > That encourages me to ask another stupid question: I'd like to know > why the "Keyboard model" has to be set before "Keyboard layout" when > walking through the dpkg-reconfigure menues? >

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-07-16 Thread David Wright
but also activates Ctrl-Right click in Root!) Key Print WR N FakeClick depth 0 press 1 wait 25 release 1 Key Print W C FakeClick depth 0 press 3 wait 25 release 3 I've attached some files mentioned. Cheers, David. # /etc/console-setup/remap.inc last edited

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-22 Thread Erik Josefsson
ing it safe from now on. But it also means I will have to stop testing things and instead find for another mode of working with Debian. After dpkg-reconfigure console-setup or keyboard-configuration? Probably unrelated. But you never know (full moons etc). Best regards. //Erik

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-22 Thread David Wright
; > Is this permanent (whenever you switch on) or just occasional? > > Or did it start mid-session? > > After dpkg-reconfigure console-setup or keyboard-configuration? > > or the really scary one: Does it happen only when the moon is full? :) But I have a problem with th

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-22 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
t; > > Well, what comes out of one of the keyboards now is p. > > In response to your pressing keys, or spontaneously? > Rapidly or intermittently? > Is this permanent (whenever you switch on) or just occasional? > Or did it start mid-session? > After dpkg-re

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-22 Thread David Wright
p. In response to your pressing keys, or spontaneously? Rapidly or intermittently? Is this permanent (whenever you switch on) or just occasional? Or did it start mid-session? After dpkg-reconfigure console-setup or keyboard-configuration? Cheers, David.

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-21 Thread Erik Josefsson
On 5/5/19 7:21 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: I don't know if there is a screw loose in your laptop, or warewolves pissed on a USB plugs. Well, what comes out of one of the keyboards now is p. Could be warewolf p's, or baby drool. It's magic either way. //Erik

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-11 Thread Erik Josefsson
edit of the subject line as a comment on the content of the thread was that I learned a lot about my own mistakes :-) Thank you! That encourages me to ask another stupid question: I'd like to know why the "Keyboard model" has to be set before "Keyboard layout" when walkin

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-10 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Erik Josefsson (2019-05-11 00:51:38) > My original problem was that I could not figure out how to get both > Swedish and pipe "|" at all (which Jonas duly noted by removing "¦" > from the original subject line). I edited the subject line in my posts unrelated to the content of the threa

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-10 Thread Erik Josefsson
nations. That should be enough, no? Enough for what? I'm not sure what you mean. But as far as your use of the keyboard is concerned, the keypresses have been through the microprocessor, the kernel, and perhaps the xorg driver, so you're not going to see any one-to-one mapping. Sorry for w

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-10 Thread David Wright
On Fri 10 May 2019 at 15:45:34 (+0200), Erik Josefsson wrote: > Thanks for helping me sort out my thoughts! OK, but I don't claim any expertise here. > Den 2019-05-06 kl. 22:42, skrev David Wright: > > [Disclaimer: I'm not familiar with the Teres keyboard beyond looking at > > https://www.olimex.

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-10 Thread Erik Josefsson
on screen with one particular keyboard (e.g. the Teres laptop)? I guess more than two (which I now know is the case). When the 105 and 102 options then gave the same result, it got completely lost. And I'm still kind of lost since I don't really understand what a "Keyboa

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-06 Thread David Wright
board conventions.] > When the 105 and 102 options then gave the same result, it got > completely lost. > > And I'm still kind of lost since I don't really understand what a > "Keyboard model" is. So already at the first menu choice of > dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-c

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-05 Thread Erik Josefsson
" is. So already at the first menu choice of dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration I don't really know what I'm doing there. In the dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration menu there are [193 different keyboard models] to choose from. But two of them are the same, at least from th

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting David Wright (2019-05-05 16:26:26) > On Sat 04 May 2019 at 21:16:25 (+0200), Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting David Wright (2019-05-04 20:14:12) > > > We British are used to having £ available, but US keyboards don't > > > even have ¢. > > > > ¢ (ecu) is obsolete since many years. > >

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-05 Thread David Wright
On Sat 04 May 2019 at 21:16:25 (+0200), Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting David Wright (2019-05-04 20:14:12) > > On Sat 04 May 2019 at 12:23:48 (-0400), Kenneth Parker wrote: > > > On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 10:37 AM Erik Josefsson wrote: > > > > > > > And it works! Now I am just missing "|" and "¦".

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-05 Thread Erik Josefsson
erty" came up! http://johanegustafsson.net/projects/swerty/ He says "Swerty for Linux" has been tested  on Ubuntu 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, and 12.04. I guess this means I could file a whishlist bug for both "TERES-I keyboard" as 'Keyboard model' and and "Swerty" as &#x

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Erik Josefsson (2019-05-05 12:06:53) > With some stickers to put onto the printed keys I'll be fine. Grateful > for pointers to such. Did you try search the web e.g. for "keyboard stickers"? - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website:

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-05 Thread Erik Josefsson
right Ctrl) as compose key. So if you were to make a Danish Teres laptop, you'd make the following choices in dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration? Keyboard model:  Generic 102-key PC (intl.) Keyboard layout: Danish - (Win keys) Key to function as AltGr:    The defa

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
USB plugs. Or all those swedish solar flares... Perhaps you'd better ask a mechanic, a veterinary, and an astronomer for help, instead of this mailinglist! > Please note that both myUSB keyboard and the Teres keyboard delivers > identical output with the two dpkg-reconfigure keyb

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|" and "¦"?)

2019-05-04 Thread Erik Josefsson
Den 2019-05-05 kl. 04:31, skrev Doug: What is on the last key on the right, directly above the right Enter key? On a US keyboard, the is a back slant (unshifted) and the pipe, shifted. You haven't mentioned that key at all. The print on that physical key on the Teres laptop is backslash \ an

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|" and "¦"?)

2019-05-04 Thread Doug
On 05/04/2019 08:59 PM, Erik Josefsson wrote: Den 2019-05-04 kl. 18:23, skrev Kenneth Parker: On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 10:37 AM Erik Josefsson wrote: -> Generic 105-key PC (intl.) -> Other -> Swedish -> Swedish -> The default for the keyboard layout -> No compose key

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-04 Thread Erik Josefsson
a Danish Teres laptop, you'd make the following choices in dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration? Keyboard model:  Generic 102-key PC (intl.) Keyboard layout: Danish - (Win keys) Key to function as AltGr:    The default for the keyboard layout Compose key: 

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-04 Thread Erik Josefsson
-> Use Control+Alt+Backspace to terminate the X server? sudo shutdown -h now And it works! Now I am just missing "|" and "¦". Nothing specific to Teres-I laptop about that. How do you know? There are no signs on the box telling me that the Teres laptop keyboard is one or th

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|" and "¦"?)

2019-05-04 Thread Erik Josefsson
Den 2019-05-04 kl. 18:23, skrev Kenneth Parker: On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 10:37 AM Erik Josefsson  wrote: -> Generic 105-key PC (intl.) -> Other -> Swedish -> Swedish -> The default for the keyboard layout -> No compose key -> Use Control+Alt+Backspace to terminate the

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-04 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Jonas Smedegaard (2019-05-04 19:08:19) > Quoting Kenneth Parker (2019-05-04 18:23:48) > > On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 10:37 AM Erik Josefsson wrote: > > > > > > > -> Generic 105-key PC (intl.) > > > -> Other > > > -> Swedish > > > -> Swedish > > > -> The default for the keyboard layout > > >

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-04 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting David Wright (2019-05-04 20:14:12) > On Sat 04 May 2019 at 12:23:48 (-0400), Kenneth Parker wrote: > > On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 10:37 AM Erik Josefsson wrote: > > > > > And it works! Now I am just missing "|" and "¦". > > > > With US Keyboards, I see either of those characters, right of th

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|" and "¦"?)

2019-05-04 Thread David Wright
On Sat 04 May 2019 at 12:23:48 (-0400), Kenneth Parker wrote: > On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 10:37 AM Erik Josefsson wrote: > > > And it works! Now I am just missing "|" and "¦". > > With US Keyboards, I see either of those characters, right of the "p" key. > I was not aware that there were two, disti

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-04 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Kenneth Parker (2019-05-04 18:23:48) > On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 10:37 AM Erik Josefsson wrote: > > > > -> Generic 105-key PC (intl.) > > -> Other > > -> Swedish > > -> Swedish > > -> The default for the keyboard layout > > -> No compose key > > -> Use Control+Alt+Backspace to terminate the

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|" and "¦"?)

2019-05-04 Thread Kenneth Parker
is used as a "Pipe" symbol, for when I "pipe" the results of one command into another. Which? > > I have tried "Generic 105-key PC (intl.)" and "Generic 102-key PC > (intl.)" in the menue following the command 'dpkg-reconfigure > keyboard-config

dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|" and "¦"?)

2019-05-04 Thread Erik Josefsson
stall etckeeper sudo apt install man sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration -> Generic 105-key PC (intl.) -> Other -> Swedish -> Swedish -> The default for the keyboard layout -> No compose key -> Use Control+Alt+Backspace to terminate the X server? sudo shutdown -h now A

Re: package#dpkg-reconfigure

2012-11-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 02 Nov 2012 at 06:05:59 -0700, james gray wrote: > The package: > > #dpkg-reconfigure dpkg-reconfigure is not a package. > Question: > > does it actually exist. Run the command dpkg -S dpkg-reconfigure to discover which package a file is in. [Snip] >

Re: package#dpkg-reconfigure

2012-11-02 Thread Slavko
Hi, Dňa Fri, 2 Nov 2012 06:05:59 -0700 james gray napísal: > #su dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration try: #sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration or: #su #dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration or edit the /etc/default/keyboard file manually. regards -- Slavko h

Re: package#dpkg-reconfigure

2012-11-02 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 02/11/2012 14:05, james gray wrote: The package: #dpkg-reconfigure Question: does it actually exist. [cut] Could some one please allow me to know , what . Thank you. Hi, $ dpkg -S dpkg-reconfigure debconf-i18n: /usr/share/man/de/man8/dpkg-reconfigure.8.gz debconf-i18n: /usr

Re: package#dpkg-reconfigure

2012-11-02 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 06:05:59AM -0700, james gray wrote: >The package: > > #dpkg-reconfigure > >Question: > >does it actually exist. No. The file "dpkg-reconfigure" is actually part of the debconf (or cdebconf) package. [cut] >

package#dpkg-reconfigure

2012-11-02 Thread james gray
The package: #dpkg-reconfigure Question: does it actually exist. - At this page: http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg there are instructions to call: #dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration at this page: http

Tip #42 dpkg-reconfigure (was ...Re: Adobe Flash in Chromium out of date: stable debian)

2012-06-15 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 03:45:14PM -0500, John W. Foster wrote: > On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 14:46 -0400, John L. Cunningham wrote: > > dpkg-reconfigure flashplugin-nonfree > > And once again this marvelous list has come thru for me. > Thanks John!! > That did the trick. I'm

Re: dpkg-reconfigure affected by environment variables

2010-01-22 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 22 January 2010 10:03:07 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Is it normal that dpkg-reconfigure can be affected by environment > variables? That's pretty normal. Most programs don't go out of their way to ignore your environment settings. dpkg-reconfigure also uses things like L

dpkg-reconfigure affected by environment variables

2010-01-22 Thread Vincent Lefevre
Is it normal that dpkg-reconfigure can be affected by environment variables? For instance, I have PERL5LIB set to /home/vlefevre/lib/site_perl, and when I do a "su", this variable is kept in the environment, and in the strace output on a dpkg-reconfigure, I could see that $PERL5LIB wa

Re: dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc - error - is this a problem?

2009-10-02 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:57:22 +0300 Γιώργος Πάλλας sent this information: >Charlie wrote: >> Hello Everyone, >> >> System Debian Testing [Squeeze] after upgrade: >> >> As root did: dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc >> >> Got the error messages below: >>

Re: dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc - error - is this a problem?

2009-10-01 Thread Γιώργος Πάλλας
Charlie wrote: Hello Everyone, System Debian Testing [Squeeze] after upgrade: As root did: dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc Got the error messages below: # dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc info: Checking if it is safe to convert to dependency based boot. error: Unable to migrate to dependency based boot

dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc - error - is this a problem?

2009-10-01 Thread Charlie
Hello Everyone, System Debian Testing [Squeeze] after upgrade: As root did: dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc Got the error messages below: # dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc info: Checking if it is safe to convert to dependency based boot. error: Unable to migrate to dependency based boot sequencing. error

Re: Assumed bug in Debian Sid: monitor cannot be reconfigured with dpkg-reconfigure

2008-05-19 Thread Damon L. Chesser
ave had to do this a few times to get X configured, all though not in about two years. FWIW, I no longer get asked about the monitor selection after the first time I run dpkg-reconfigure xorg.conf either. Run Xorg -configure to probe your hardware, then run X -config /root/xorg.conf.new to tes

Re: Assumed bug in Debian Sid: monitor cannot be reconfigured with dpkg-reconfigure

2008-05-19 Thread Alan Ianson
On Mon May 19 2008 07:58:01 am Preston Boyington wrote: > Uwe Bugla wrote: > > I am running the latest Debian Lenny / Sid combination and wanted to > > adjust a workstation to another monitor. > > > > Traditionallly that works by the following command: > > dpkg-rec

Re: Assumed bug in Debian Sid: monitor cannot be reconfigured with dpkg-reconfigure

2008-05-19 Thread Preston Boyington
Uwe Bugla wrote: I am running the latest Debian Lenny / Sid combination and wanted to adjust a workstation to another monitor. Traditionallly that works by the following command: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. If I run that command, the script ends up with the question whether to emulate a 3

Re: Assumed bug in Debian Sid: monitor cannot be reconfigured with dpkg-reconfigure

2008-05-19 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Debian, not Slackware. We use dpkg-reconfigure. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA ESPN makes baseball players better. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIMTM7S9HxQb37XmcRAvBgAKCuwUfjwiG28GTpABY/g+1pe2htmQCfZINA NdxX4veMq0eR/xgImphFukQ= =ti4H -END PGP

Re: Assumed bug in Debian Sid: monitor cannot be reconfigured with dpkg-reconfigure

2008-05-19 Thread Ron Johnson
ackware. We use dpkg-reconfigure. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA ESPN makes baseball players better. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIMTM7S9HxQb37XmcRAvBgAKCuwUfjwiG28GTpABY/g+1pe2htmQCfZINA NdxX4veMq0eR/xgImphFukQ= =ti4H -END PGP SIGNATURE--

Re: Assumed bug in Debian Sid: monitor cannot be reconfigured with dpkg-reconfigure

2008-05-18 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 19 May 2008 04:48:10 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/18/08 20:51, s. keeling wrote: > > Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 17:20:05 +0200, s. keeling wrote: > >>> Uwe Bugla wrote: > I am running the latest Debian Lenny / Sid combination and wanted > >>> > >

Re: Assumed bug in Debian Sid: monitor cannot be reconfigured with dpkg-reconfigure

2008-05-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/18/08 20:51, s. keeling wrote: > Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 17:20:05 +0200, s. keeling wrote: >>> Uwe Bugla wrote: I am running the latest Debian Lenny / Sid combination and wanted >>> Lenny is testing.

Re: Assumed bug in Debian Sid: monitor cannot be reconfigured with dpkg-reconfigure

2008-05-18 Thread s. keeling
gt; > Can you please fix it? > > > > It's not broken. > > That remains to be seen. If the dialog is gone now and Xorg cannot > figure things out on its own then this may well qualify as a bug. In any > case, he has a Debian-related problem and he asked for help

Re: Assumed bug in Debian Sid: monitor cannot be reconfigured with dpkg-reconfigure

2008-05-18 Thread thveillon.debian
s probably simply quoting what he sees at every VT login prompt: "Debian GNU/Linux lenny/sid". There is no need to bark at him like that. to adjust a workstation to another monitor. Traditionallly that works by the following command: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. If I run that comm

Re: Assumed bug in Debian Sid: monitor cannot be reconfigured with dpkg-reconfigure

2008-05-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
bly simply quoting what he sees at every VT login prompt: "Debian GNU/Linux lenny/sid". There is no need to bark at him like that. > > to adjust a workstation to another monitor. > > > > Traditionallly that works by the following command: > > dpkg-reconfigure xs

Re: Assumed bug in Debian Sid: monitor cannot be reconfigured with dpkg-reconfigure

2008-05-18 Thread s. keeling
works by the following command: > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. > > If I run that command, the script ends up with the question whether to > emulate > a 3-button mouse or not. > > Can someone reading this reproduce this bug? Why do you consider this a bug? You're

Re: Assumed bug in Debian Sid: monitor cannot be reconfigured with dpkg-reconfigure

2008-05-18 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 04:00:30PM +0200, Uwe Bugla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I am running the latest Debian Lenny / Sid combination and wanted to adjust a > workstation to another monitor. > > Traditionallly that works by the following command: > dpkg-rec

Assumed bug in Debian Sid: monitor cannot be reconfigured with dpkg-reconfigure

2008-05-18 Thread Uwe Bugla
Hi, I am running the latest Debian Lenny / Sid combination and wanted to adjust a workstation to another monitor. Traditionallly that works by the following command: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. If I run that command, the script ends up with the question whether to emulate a 3-button mouse

Re: Xorg problems dpkg-reconfigure

2008-02-03 Thread David S
Kelly Clowers wrote: > I think the debconf stuff for xorg has been changed, due to the fact > that xorg now works (or should work) with a very minimal xorg.conf. > The goal the upstream xorg devs are approaching is to be able to > run X without any conf file at all. Hi The website you specified d

Re: Xorg problems dpkg-reconfigure

2008-02-02 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Feb 2, 2008 10:10 AM, Der Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, my issue really is to make 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' to > work, to be able to generate a full xorg.conf with it, i don't know > why it only asks me keyboard options only and then it clo

Re: Xorg problems dpkg-reconfigure

2008-02-02 Thread Der Engel
Well, my issue really is to make 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' to work, to be able to generate a full xorg.conf with it, i don't know why it only asks me keyboard options only and then it closes. The xorg.conf below was generated using: 'dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xorg&

Re: Xorg problems dpkg-reconfigure

2008-02-02 Thread Kelly Clowers
> # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated > # again, run the following command: > # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > Driver

Re: Xorg problems dpkg-reconfigure

2008-02-02 Thread Der Engel
ically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following command: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-x

Re: Xorg problems dpkg-reconfigure

2008-02-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 10:16:05AM -0500, Der Engel wrote: > Hello, > > I'm running sid and didn't chose to install a desktop enviroment > during install, I now want to install Xorg to run fluxbox. > > I install xorg using aptitude, when trying to do 'dpkg-reco

Xorg problems dpkg-reconfigure

2008-02-02 Thread Der Engel
Hello, I'm running sid and didn't chose to install a desktop enviroment during install, I now want to install Xorg to run fluxbox. I install xorg using aptitude, when trying to do 'dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xorg' the wizard only asks me about keyboard configurat

Re: dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config: please help re interfaces to listen on

2008-01-10 Thread Bill Jones
The separator is a dot not a colon or double colon. 1.2.3.4.port as in 123.123.123.123.2525 HTH/Sx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config: please help re interfaces to listen on

2008-01-08 Thread Kc9EYE
get exim to > listen on an unblocked port I could point Outlook at that port and all > would be well - I could then send email from anywhere. > > Using dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config allows me to specify which > interfaces to listen on - I usually leave it blank to listen on all of &g

dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config: please help re interfaces to listen on

2008-01-08 Thread Carr, Chris
ld be well - I could then send email from anywhere. Using dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config allows me to specify which interfaces to listen on - I usually leave it blank to listen on all of them, but I guess I need to put any additional ports in here. Can anyone tell me the syntax for this? It says &q

Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg question

2007-10-08 Thread Steven R.
On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 08:16:00PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > What does it mean when you've got all of the questions answered by > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg refuses to > create configuration files because pre-existing files were found

Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg failed

2007-10-06 Thread Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson
On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 05:47:36AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > dpkg-reconfigure couldn't reconfigure xserver-xorg because > /etc/x11/xorg.conf is being shared by something else on this system. what > might be sharing it and how might that be cleared? I don't know if it i

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg failed

2007-10-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
dpkg-reconfigure couldn't reconfigure xserver-xorg because /etc/x11/xorg.conf is being shared by something else on this system. what might be sharing it and how might that be cleared? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

debconf-set-selections + dpkg-reconfigure: why don't my settings stick?

2007-10-05 Thread Alexis Huxley
I would like to configure some packages "the Debian way", but non-interactively, I used debconf-set-selections to set the settings I wanted. Then I used debconf-get-selections to verify that the setting had been correctly registered. Finally I ran dpkg-reconfigure in non-interactive m

Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg question

2007-10-05 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 08:16:00PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > What does it mean when you've got all of the questions answered by > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg refuses to > create configuration files because pre-existing files were found?

Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg question

2007-10-04 Thread B_Kloss
Am Freitag, 5. Oktober 2007 03:16 schrieb Jude DaShiell: > What does it mean when you've got all of the questions answered by > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg refuses to > create configuration files because pre-existing files were found? Hi, have

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg question

2007-10-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
What does it mean when you've got all of the questions answered by dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg refuses to create configuration files because pre-existing files were found? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: dpkg-reconfigure of xserver-xorg creates problem for users! (Fixed!)

2007-05-20 Thread Bruce M. Ward
efore, it seems that for some reason dpkg-reconfigure fiddles with something in the .gconf directory. Should I file a bug against dpkg-reconfigure? Many thanks for suggestions from Michael Pobega and Florian Kulzer. Bruce Ward = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Bruce

Re: dpkg-reconfigure of xserver-xorg creates problem for users!

2007-05-17 Thread Florian Kulzer
blem > problem : problem dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev netdev powerdev > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ groups bruce > bruce : bruce cdrom floppy audio plugdev > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > If it is a permissions problem, dpkg-reconfigure might be the culprit. The first thing I would

Re: dpkg-reconfigure of xserver-xorg creates problem for users!

2007-05-16 Thread Bruce M. Ward
]:~$ groups bruce bruce : bruce cdrom floppy audio plugdev [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ If it is a permissions problem, dpkg-reconfigure might be the culprit. Thanks, Bruce = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Bruce Ward Christchurch, New Zealand

Re: dpkg-reconfigure of xserver-xorg creates problem for users!

2007-05-16 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 01:55:35 +, Bruce M. Ward wrote: > Thanks to those who responded. Unfortunately, on this machine I'm restricted > to using web-mail so can't continue the thread ... > > Michael - problem user is in same groups (and more) as new user. Which groups are those? Maybe the

Re: dpkg-reconfigure of xserver-xorg creates problem for users!

2007-05-15 Thread Michael Pobega
> Here follows the output Florian asked for: > > [log files] > > I still can't put my finger on the problem! It _may_ happen only when > using dpkg-reconfigure to increase the screen resolution. > Are you running X through GDM or startx? The only errors I can find (Alth

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