Solved: Re: Solved: Now X-Windows Problem: Re: /bin/sh: /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure: No such file or directory
The X-Windows problem is solved here, now (well, solved
user-wise).
I found the XFree86.0.log file in /var/log/ and had a
look through it. It showed that cyrillic fonts were missing,
so I installed cyrillic fonts and reloaded configs. It
worked. In any case, if others are having the same problem,
looking in the XFree86.0.log file might be a good way to
start troubleshooting. IIRC, there was once a command for
that.
The old behavior for a failing xserver configuration was
a return to a console. The present behavior for a failing
xserver configuration might be a blank screen and failure
to process keyboard input.
Please CC any replies to this address. Thanks.
Art Lemasters
--- Alessandro Ghigi <ghigi@math.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi I am using woody and I am having the same problem. Last Sunday I
> did an upgrade and got the new XFree 4. Since then quite a few things
> have been getting worse and worse. The worst is that since 2 days
> starting X makes the screen black and the machine locks-up. Actually
> I don't think the machine is locked, it is just unable to read the
> keyboard (and mouse). While I was looking sadly at the black screen,
> anacron started the usual updatedb and did it fine (as far as I can
> guess from the noise!).
>
> Other problems have been
> a) while using X, text is displayed well, but the characters I type
> are displayed too close to each other, so that it's impossible to
> read them.
> b) suspend to disk works only from time to time.
>
> Till now I have not succeded in fizing this. In case I can, I'll tell
> you.
>
> Thanks
> Alessandro
>
>
>
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> > I solved the problem by reinstalling perl 5.6 via dpkg.
> >
> > Now there is another serious problem. When x-windows
> > starts up via xdm, the screen goes blank and the whole
> > machine locks-up. I had to use the rescue disk to mount
> > the hard drive and stop xdm from starting to reboot, get
> > into lynx and send this mail. *...can't find any error
> > messages* or anything. This has been happening since last
> > night's upgrade (woody). ...any ideas?
> >
> > Please reply to this address as I am still looking for
> > an outside account that will handle the debian-user volume.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Art Lemasters
> >
> > --- Art Lemasters <art_lem@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I am running woody.
> > >
> > > Running dselect in apt access mode, none of the upgrade
> > > packages will install. I also tried running apt-get.
> > > The error message when trying to install is
> > >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > /bin/sh: /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure: No such file or directory
> > > E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt returned an
> error
> > > code (127) E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure
> > > --apt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >
> > > /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure *is* there and contains less than
> 127
> > > lines
> > > How can I fix this system so that it will upgrade for
> > > the time being?
> > >
> > > Please reply to me at art_lem@yahoo.com for now, as I have no
> > > e-mail account that will handle the volume of debian-user, yet.
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Art Lemasters
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