In modconf, whiptail's output is manually redirected to /dev/tty (or the device passed to it on the commandline by dbootstrap or what not). Why is this done? Why isn't the output device correct by default? I'm assuming this has something to do with serial consoles, but i don't have one to test with... randolph -- Debian Developer <tausq@debian.org> http://www.TauSq.org/