Re: base-config cycling
On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 11:30:18PM -0700, elf@buici.com wrote:
> I'm finding that the base-config script is cycling on me. I'm using
> base from http.us.debian.org and bf2.4. The machine is a toshiba
> laptop. Now, I did see a recent message about a problem but it
> appears that that user failed to recognize the problem with the video
> frame-buffer driver.
>
> For me, it asks for the timezone, the password configurations, and
> then cycles back to tbe beginning when it loads the keymap. I'm
> suspecting that one of the scripts is returning an error code. So, I
> removed the ones I know had run and then tried again. Still cycling.
> Then I removed the pcmcia script. Still cycling. Then I removed pon.
> Still cycling, but this time I get complaints that apt doesn't have
> any package files to download.
>
This is a known problem, you can read all about it at
bugs.debian.org/base-config
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