Bug#949234: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog in firmware-b43-installer
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- Subject: Bug#949234: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog in firmware-b43-installer
- From: Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>
- Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 20:52:02 +0200
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- Reply-to: Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>, 949234@bugs.debian.org
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On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 16:32:37 +0000 Jesse57901
<Jesse57901@protonmail.com> wrote:
> When running firmware-b43-installer after unpacking and setting up gives message (debconf:unable to initialize frontend: Dialog). Complete readout from installer:
>
> Unpacking firmware-b43-installer (1:019-4) ...
> Setting up firmware-b43-installer (1:019-4) ...
> debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
> debconf: (Dialog frontend requires a screen at least 13 lines tall and 31 columns wide.)
> debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
How exactly did you observe the problem?
a) you ran the command in an extremely small terminal -> no error
b) you ran the command in a "regularly sized" terminal, but
debconf/Dialog did not recognize it -> we should reassign the bug to
debconf (or dialog), since it does not seem specific to b43-*
Andreas
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