Bug#162429: modconf: No user interface for modconf

[Debian User <adamb@charon>]

Package: modconf
Version: 0.2.43
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Ever since I went to kernel 2.4.18 I have had no user interface for
modconf. I had waited for 2.4.19 to see if that fixed it, but sadly not.
Whether under the console or in a terminal I get nothing except a bit of
a pause and then a return. No sign at all of the ncurses interface
showing up. It doens't seem to break the modules, but it means that as a
programme it is basically unusable.

Adam

-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: powerpc
Kernel: Linux charon 2.4.19-powerpc #1 Mon Sep 9 09:01:43 EDT 2002 ppc
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R

Versions of packages modconf depends on:
ii  modutils                     2.4.19-3    Linux module utilities.
ii  whiptail                     0.50.17-9.6 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  whiptail [whiptail-provider] 0.50.17-9.6 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe