Re: Error message from apt-get installation
On 31 July 2011 10:24, Thomas Weinbrenner <me@tweinbrenner.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 10:06:51AM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>> Whenever I install a program now with apt-get I get the following
>> error message;-
>> ===============================================
>> Processing triggers for man-db ...
>> No protocol specified
>> frontend: cannot connect to X server :0
>> debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Kde
>> debconf: (DISPLAY problem?)
>> debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog
>> ===============================================
>> and then the installation continues and succeeds. How do I resolve this please?
>
> debconf tries to use KDE, fails and uses dialog instead.
>
> "dpkg-reconfigure debconf" and choose the dialog interface (or
> whatever you want to use).
>
Thanks, i've done the 'dpkg-reconfigure debconf' so I'll wait to see
if it reoccurs when I next install a program.
Thanks
Sharon.
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