Re: New bootsplash debs

["Matthew A. Nicholson" <debian@matt-land.com>]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 00:06:26 +0100, Eike "zyro" Sauer 
<eikes@cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote:

> Matthew A. Nicholson schrieb:
> > I just uploaded new bootsplash debs, containing bug fixes and patches 
> > for
> > the latest stable kernels.  I need them tested by the people who were
> > getting that "debconf exited with status 10" or something error.
>
> Ok...
> export LC_ALL=en_EN
> export DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer
> dpkg -i bootsplash_3.0.7-8_i386.deb 
> bootsplash-theme-linux_3.0.0-3_i386.deb
> ...leads to...
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Selecting previously deselected package bootsplash.
> (Reading database ... 216717 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking bootsplash (from bootsplash_3.0.7-8_i386.deb) ...
> Selecting previously deselected package bootsplash-theme-linux.
> Unpacking bootsplash-theme-linux (from
> bootsplash-theme-linux_3.0.0-3_i386.deb) ...
> Setting up bootsplash-theme-linux (3.0.0-3) ...
> Setting up bootsplash (3.0.7-8) ...
> debconf (developer): frontend started
> debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is bootsplash
> debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/bootsplash.config 
> configure
> debconf (developer): <-- GET shared/bootsplash-theme
> debconf (developer): --> 0 bootsplash-theme-debiantux
> debconf (developer): <-- METAGET shared/bootsplash-theme owners
> debconf (developer): --> 0 bootsplash-theme-debiantux
> debconf (developer): <-- SUBST shared/bootsplash-theme choices
> bootsplash-theme-debiantux
> debconf (developer): --> 0
> debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium shared/bootsplash-theme
> debconf (developer): Not displaying select list shared/bootsplash-theme 
> with
> 1 choice
> debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
> debconf (developer): <-- GO
> debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
> debconf (developer): <-- GET shared/bootsplash-theme
> debconf (developer): --> 0 bootsplash-theme-debiantux
> debconf (developer): <-- SUBST shared/bootsplash-initrd initrd-list 
> custom,
> none, /boot/initrd.img-2.4.24, /boot/initrd.img-2.6.3, 
> /boot/initrd.img-2.6.3-mit-Bild, /boot/initrd.img-2.6.3.donald, 
> /boot/initrd.img-2.6.3.orig
> debconf (developer): --> 0
> debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium shared/bootsplash-initrd
> debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
> debconf (developer): <-- GO
> debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
> debconf (developer): <-- GET shared/bootsplash-initrd
> debconf (developer): --> 0 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.3
> debconf (developer): <-- METAGET bootsplash-theme-debiantux/resolutions
> choices
> debconf (developer): --> 0 1024x768
> debconf (developer): <-- GET bootsplash-theme-debiantux/resolutions
> debconf (developer): --> 0 1024x768
> debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium shared/bootsplash-bootloader
> debconf (developer): --> 0 question will be asked
> debconf (developer): <-- GO
> debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
> debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high shared/bootsplash-bootloader-info
> debconf (developer): --> 0 question will be asked
> debconf (developer): <-- GO
> debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
> debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/bootsplash.postinst
> configure
> debconf (developer): <-- GET shared/bootsplash-initrd
> debconf (developer): --> 0 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.3
> debconf (developer): <-- GET shared/bootsplash-theme
> debconf (developer): --> 0 bootsplash-theme-debiantux
> Building bootsplash initrd image...
> debconf (developer): <-- GET bootsplash-theme-debiantux/resolutions
> debconf (developer): --> 0 1024x768
> /etc/bootsplash/themes/current/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg: No such 
> file
> or directory
> dpkg: error processing bootsplash (--install):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  bootsplash
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Somehow, the current link stays at
> current -> /etc/bootsplash/themes/debiantux,
> while a real directory is named "DebianTux".
> This seems to be left over from older installations.
> "ln -s linux debiantux" doesn't help either.

You have an old theme package installed, you need 
bootsplash-theme-debian-tux

> It's fine that it's "Not displaying select list shared/bootsplash-theme
> with 1 choice", but it should do that choice on it's own.

It *is* doing that automatically.

> When I purge all bootsplash themes and...
> dpkg
> -i /home/eike/bootsplash-theme-linux_3.0.0-3_i386.deb 
> /home/eike/bootsplash_3.0.7-8_i386.deb
> I get...
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Selecting previously deselected package bootsplash-theme-linux.
> (Reading database ... 216674 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking bootsplash-theme-linux
> (from .../bootsplash-theme-linux_3.0.0-3_i386.deb) ...
> Selecting previously deselected package bootsplash.
> Unpacking bootsplash (from .../bootsplash_3.0.7-8_i386.deb) ...
> Setting up bootsplash-theme-linux (3.0.0-3) ...
> Setting up bootsplash (3.0.7-8) ...
> debconf (developer): frontend started
> debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is bootsplash
> debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/bootsplash.config 
> configure
> debconf (developer): <-- GET shared/bootsplash-theme
> debconf (developer): --> 10 shared/bootsplash-theme doesn't exist
> debconf (developer): <-- METAGET shared/bootsplash-theme owners
> debconf (developer): --> 10 shared/bootsplash-theme doesn't exist
> dpkg: error processing bootsplash (--install):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  bootsplash

Not sure about this one...



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Matthew A. Nicholson
Matt-Land.com