Re: Debconf broken
Tille, Andreas wrote:
> debconf (user): trying frontend Gnome
>
> Seams reasonable for me because I just switched from the curses based
> frontend to Gnome because this would make sense when using gkconfig.
>
> This seemd to solve the problem: If I do the installation directly on the
> machine in question (it's my laptop where I fiddled around while sitting
> in a train) all works fine. But mostly I do installations on this box
> via ssh (when I'm at work or at home I use a normal keybord and bigger
> screen). In this cases the Gnome frontend seems to cause the trouble.
>
> If I switch back to frontend "Dialog" (using my laptop) directly all
> went back to normal state using the ssh connection.
Well, you have something broken in your setup, or you have a really slow
network connection. After it prints the above message debconf tries to
bring up the gui interface, and if something causes it to block it will
well, block there.
> By the way the Gnome frontend seems to be a little bit broken. A
> dpkg-reconfigure debconf
> does not present a list of available frontends. It only has a single
> entry "Gnome" and I was not able to switch back to use this.
I cannot reproduce this. It's a drop down combo box.
> 1. The Gnome frontend might be unusable via ssh connections.
> I use the careful 'might be' because I can not exclude a
> missconfiguration on my side. In fact I can start any X program
> as normal user inside the ssh connection, but if I su to root
> this does not work for any X application.
I suggest you read up on X authentication. However, this should not
cause any X client to hang.
> Joey, should I bother the BTS with this stuff to keep a record of this
> problem?
Not without far more details than you are currently providing.
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