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Re: debconf in a chroot



> > How can I get debconf to run right in a chroot? The problem I have to
> > deal with is:
> > 
> > debconf: failed to initialize frontend: Text
> > debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
> 
> How are you doing it? I really haven't met this problem.

My guess, it might be devfs related?

# tty
/dev/pts/2
# chroot sid-chroot/
# tyy
not a tty
#

This is clearly the problem ... "not a tty" ...

Hugo van der Merwe
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