Re: Problem installing xserver-xorg
On 9/29/06, Stephen Yorke <syorke@yorkes.net> wrote:
Does anyone know when the patch for this will be uploaded ?
-----Original Message-----
From: Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas [mailto:jevv.cr@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:38 AM
To: Stephen Yorke
Cc: David Goodenough; debian-user@lists.debian.org;
debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Problem installing xserver-xorg
On 9/25/06, Stephen Yorke <syorke@yorkes.net> wrote:
> [...]
> -Stephen
> ________________________________
>
> From: David Goodenough [mailto:david.goodenough@btconnect.com]
> Sent: Mon 9/25/2006 9:36 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Problem installing xserver-xorg
>
> [...] When configuring
> xserver-xorg it asks if the PCI address for the video card is right
(it is),
> asks if I want to use a FrameBuffer device (I have tried both yes and
no)
> and then is comes up with a panel which says:-
>
> >>>>
> Configuring xserver-org
>
> Empty value
>
> A null entry is not permitted for this value.
> >>>>
>
> This is repeated in what appears to be quite a tight look ad-infinitum
> and it is quite difficult to break out of (but I did eventually).
>
> [...]
> David
This looks like addressed and worked around already (might be). In
the archives you'll find this feedback:
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Morten O. Hansen
<morteoh@chello.no> to debian-user
More options Sep 24 (19 hours ago)
On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 14:49 -0700, RParr wrote:
> I am trying to add minimal X to a new installation and am getting a
> failure during xserver-xorg configuration.
>
> The console / curses display pop-up says "Null value not permitted"
OK?
>
http://bugs.debian.org/xserver-xorg
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=388568
Hope this helps.
With regards, Morten O. Hansen
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The original thread has the subject:
xserver-xorg install/configuration fails with "null value not
permitted".
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Javier
Search for xserver-xorg.postinst under /var. I tried the suggested
fix and it works. The file is installed with the package. If you use
aptitude, install the package, and after several trials of the
installation, search for the postinst file. Edit it and then continue
until the package get "C" indication. Then you can dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xorg. So you don't need to wait until the bug is fixed...
The described procedure is the one I applied, and it worked pretty
good...
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Javier
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