Re: Several problems with fresh installation
On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 01:04:29PM -0800, Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote:
> venus:~# dpkg --configure lynx
> Setting up lynx (2.8.1-3.1) ...
> Update-menus: waiting for dpkg to finish(forking to background)
> Update-menus: (checking /var/lib/dpkg/lock)
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/lynx.postinst: line 17: 653 Segmentation fault
> dhelp_parse -a /usr/doc/lynx
> dpkg: error processing lynx (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> lynx
>
> venus:~# dpkg --configure dhelp
> Setting up dhelp (0.3.11-0.1) ...
> Building HTML tree .../var/lib/dpkg/info/dhelp.postinst: line 16:
> 659 Segmentation fault /usr/sbin/dhelp_parse -r
> dpkg: error processing dhelp (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> dhelp
>
> venus:~# dpkg --configure doc-linux-html
> Setting up doc-linux-html (98.09-1) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/doc-linux-html.postinst: line 6: 706 Segmentation
> fault /usr/sbin/dhelp_parse -a /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/
> /usr/doc/HOWTO/ /usr/doc/FAQ/
> dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> doc-linux-html
To fix these errors above you've got to purge dhelp from your
system. It's broken on sparc.
>
> venus:~# dpkg --configure nis
> Setting up nis (3.3.1-1) ...
> Your system is not yet configured as a NIS client. Please read
> /usr/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto.gz to find out how to configure your
> system.
> Setting NIS domainname to: info-objects.com
> Starting NIS services: ypbind
Weird. nis works just fine for me. Did you check if it works if you
start it by hand ?
Greetings,
Christian
--
Christian Meder, email: meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de
What's the railroad to me ?
I never go to see
Where it ends.
It fills a few hollows,
And makes banks for the swallows,
It sets the sand a-blowing,
And the blackberries a-growing.
(Henry David Thoreau)
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