Re: debconf & netbase fails - Solved

[Ingo Reimann <reimann@uni-muenster.de>]

Ingo Reimann wrote:

> Joey Hess wrote:
>
> > Ingo Reimann wrote:
> > > when i installed debconf, i was happy, when he asked my, whether to use some
> > > nice gtk-interface or not.
> > > I thought, this was a good idea, and so during apt-get update/upgrade, some
> > > windows pops up an vanishes, but I only see a black box. How do i get rid of
> > > this an switch to a text-based output
> >
> > Run "dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=text debconf" and this time read the note
> > saying that the GTK interface is experimental, and make your coice more
> > wisely.
> >
> > Note that if you upgraded to unstable in the past few days, that won't work
> > and you should just delete /var/lib/debconf/debconf.db instead. (It will
> > start working again tomorrow..)
> >
>
> Hi Joey ,
>
> thanks for you advise, but unfortunately it did not work :-(
>
> some apt-get update; apt-upgrade later i ran into the following situation:
>
> Netbase:
> I got nice gtk-boxes, that asked me, wich interfaces i want to use (eth0 eth1 ppp0).
> Afterwards:
>
> E: Sub-process dpkg-preconfig --apt recieved a segmentation fault.
> E: Failure running script dpkg-preconfig --apt
>
> I deleted /var/lib/debconf/debconf.db, even if i did not upgrade from slink. and ran
> dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=text debconf. The next time i got the ncurses-interface
> and after the same question about the interfaces:
> Can't use string ("ARRAY(0x8233c44)") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at
> /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Element/Dialog/Select.pm line 46, <GEN23> chunk 5.
> E: Sub-process dpkg-preconfig --apt returned an error code (29)
> E: Failure running script dpkg-preconfig --apt
>
> Am i wrong or the package?
>
> Thanks for help,
>
> Ingo

Hi,
again i was to fast.
  dpkg -r debconf
  apt-get install debconf
solved the problems.

Thanks,

Ingo

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