debconf problems(potato)
i get this on one of my systems during a apt-get upgrade:
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 43.8kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main ntpdate
1:4.0.99g-2potato2 [43.8kB]
Fetched 43.8kB in 12s (3591B/s)
debconf: failed to initialize Dialog frontend
debconf: falling back to Text frontend
debconf: failed to initialize Text frontend
(Reading database ... 10881 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace ntpdate 1:4.0.99g-2potato1 (using
.../ntpdate_1%3a4.0.99g-2potato2_i386.deb) ...
You must customize /etc/init.d/ntpdate before ntpdate can be run.
Unpacking replacement ntpdate ...
Setting up ntpdate (4.0.99g-2potato2) ...
You must customize /etc/init.d/ntpdate before ntpdate can be run.
i tried upgrading debconf:
gate-nh:/etc# apt-get install debconf
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
debconf-tiny
The following NEW packages will be installed:
debconf
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 127kB of archives. After unpacking 250kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org stable/main debconf 0.2.80.17 [127kB]
Fetched 127kB in 12s (10.5kB/s)
debconf: failed to initialize Dialog frontend
debconf: falling back to Text frontend
debconf: failed to initialize Text frontend
Configuring packages ...
dpkg: debconf-tiny: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
logcheck depends on debconf; however:
Package debconf is not installed.
Package debconf-tiny which provides debconf is to be removed.
lynx depends on debconf; however:
Package debconf is not installed.
Package debconf-tiny which provides debconf is to be removed.
base-config depends on debconf; however:
Package debconf is not installed.
Package debconf-tiny which provides debconf is to be removed.
(Reading database ... 10881 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing debconf-tiny ...
dpkg - warning: while removing debconf-tiny, directory `/var/lib/debconf'
not empty so not removed.
Selecting previously deselected package debconf.
(Reading database ... 10837 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking debconf (from .../debconf_0.2.80.17_all.deb) ...
Setting up debconf (0.2.80.17) ...
debconf: failed to initialize Dialog frontend
debconf: falling back to Text frontend
tried to reconfigure debconf:
gate-nh:/etc# dpkg-reconfigure debconf
debconf: failed to initialize Dialog frontend
debconf: falling back to Text frontend
gate-nh:/etc#
this is a debian 2.2r2 system, suggestions? i noticed
'dialog' was not installed, so i installed it
and now reconfiguring debconf doesn't give an error:
gate-nh:/etc# apt-get install dialog
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dialog
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 60.8kB of archives. After unpacking 166kB will be used.
Get:1 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main dialog
0.9a-20000118-3bis [60.8kB]
Fetched 60.8kB in 13s
(4504B/s)
debconf: failed to initialize Dialog frontend
debconf: falling back to Text frontend
Selecting previously deselected package dialog.
(Reading database ... 10932 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dialog (from .../dialog_0.9a-20000118-3bis_i386.deb) ...
Setting up dialog (0.9a-20000118-3bis) ...
gate-nh:/etc#
gate-nh:/etc# dpkg-reconfigure debconf
gate-nh:/etc#
any way to test debconf to be sure its working ?(using
the dialog interface)
thanks
nate
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