[Bug 88697] Re: dpkg: invalid nice value

2007-03-07 Thread Paul Dufresne
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 68267 *** >WHy would anyone think this is a problem with x11-common? I have the feeling apt-get upgrade run in a non-interactive debconf level. Pretty much convinced right now, that the bug have to do with current priority level of debconf. And the fact that x11-

[Bug 88697] Re: dpkg: invalid nice value

2007-03-07 Thread sammiam
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 68267 *** I've all but given up on using adept, now I only use apt-get for all my upgrades. adept has caused me to rebuild my system one too many times. This is my 3rd rebuild due to adept. -- dpkg: invalid nice value https://launchpad.net/bugs/88697 -- kubu

[Bug 88697] Re: dpkg: invalid nice value

2007-03-07 Thread Richard Green
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 68267 *** I got the error three times: First, when the adept window just said 'preparing...' Second, when adept said 'preparing update for x11-common' and a third time, soon after, when I didn't catch the package name in question. I also got it when using adept

[Bug 88697] Re: dpkg: invalid nice value

2007-03-07 Thread Pekka Jääskeläinen
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 68267 *** It occurs also with "apt-get upgrade" for me when upgrading package x11-common, thus I thought it's a bug in that particular package only. Sorry if I was mistaken. -- dpkg: invalid nice value https://launchpad.net/bugs/88697 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 88697] Re: dpkg: invalid nice value

2007-03-07 Thread gala.martin
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 68267 *** you are perferctly right, R.Green. I did not realize that first. apt-get works fine with this. -- dpkg: invalid nice value https://launchpad.net/bugs/88697 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/l

[Bug 88697] Re: dpkg: invalid nice value

2007-03-07 Thread Richard Green
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 68267 *** I see someone marked this as a duplicate of #68267. WHy would anyone think this is a problem with x11-common? It seems clear from my experience, and comments on others also marked as dups to 68267, that the problem clearly happens when running adept

[Bug 88697] Re: dpkg: invalid nice value

2007-03-06 Thread Paul Dufresne
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 68267 *** ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 85979 Wrong nice value while upgrading debconf ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 68267 x11-common have an important debconf bug -- dpkg: invalid nice value https://launchpad.net/bugs/8869

[Bug 88697] Re: dpkg: invalid nice value

2007-03-05 Thread Richard Green
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 85979 *** Fresh install of Feisty herd 5 X86_64 Adept updater tells me there are 115 updates, two packages to remove. After downloading, window shows a progress bar labelled 'preparing...' at 0%. A second window opens labelled 'Debconf on rtg-laptop' with the

[Bug 88697] Re: dpkg: invalid nice value

2007-03-05 Thread Kieran Hogg
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 85979 *** ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 85979 Wrong nice value while upgrading debconf -- dpkg: invalid nice value https://launchpad.net/bugs/88697 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/l

[Bug 88697] Re: dpkg: invalid nice value

2007-02-28 Thread Richard Green
Back to the root console apt-get update;apt-get upgrade; apt-get dist-upgrade' followed by a reboot, and now I can use adept again. I successfully installed the xastir package, as well as the 10 dependencies it pulled in. SO this was apparently fixed by one of the ~200 packages updated since t

[Bug 88697] Re: dpkg: invalid nice value

2007-02-28 Thread Richard Green
I keep trying... I ran 'apt-get install adept' from a root shell, and it told me that adept was already at the current level. It then went on to tell me that there were 5 packages not fully installed, and it gave me 5 'setting up...' messages for x11-common, libxau6, libxdmcp6, libxcb1, libxc

[Bug 88697] Re: dpkg: invalid nice value

2007-02-28 Thread Richard Green
Additional info: I just ran adept from the K menu, ran 'fetch updates' and learned that adept is upgradable. I requested installation, and again got the same error. The popup window is labelled 'Debconf on rtg-laptop', the message requests an integer between '-20 and 19', and the active butto