Bug#451439: postinst script hangs when installing on new system
Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 1:7.3+5
When installing the package on a system without a previous xorg version
installed/configured, I am prompted for the screen resolutions to use
and after answering, the install hangs indefinitely. I added set -x to
the postinst script and found that it hangs at this point:
+ for QUESTION in '"shared/default-x-server"' '"xserver-xorg/autodetect_mouse"' '"xserver-xorg/config/device/video_ram"' '"xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/port"' '"xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/protocol"' '"xserver-xorg/config/modules"' '"xserver-xorg/config/monitor/default-identifier"' '"xserver-xorg/config/monitor/identifier"' '"xserver-xorg/config/write_files_section"'
+ db_unregister shared/default-x-server
+ _db_cmd 'UNREGISTER shared/default-x-server'
+ IFS=' '
+ printf '%s\n' 'UNREGISTER shared/default-x-server'
+ IFS='
'
+ read -r _db_internal_line
(stuck here)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xserver-xorg depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2 1.5.17 Debian configuration management sy
ii x11-common 1:7.3+5 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.3+1 X11 XKB utilities
ii xkb-data-legacy 1.0.1-4 Classic XKB data
ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4-3 Xorg X server - core server
ii xserver-xorg-input 1:7.3+5 the X.Org X server -- input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input 1:1.2.0~git20070819-4 X.Org X server -- evdev input driv
ii xserver-xorg-input 1:1.2.2-3 X.Org X server -- keyboard input d
ii xserver-xorg-input 1:1.2.3-1 X.Org X server -- mouse input driv
ii xserver-xorg-input 0.14.7~git20070706-1 Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Or
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:7.3+5 the X.Org X server -- output drive
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.1.1-10 X.Org X server -- APM display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:0.6.0-9 X.Org X server -- ark display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:6.6.193-3 X.Org X server -- ATI display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.1.1-9 X.Org X server -- Chips display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.1.0-8 X.Org X server -- Cirrus display d
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.1.0-8 X.Org X server -- Cyrix display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:0.2.0-7 X.Org X server -- dummy display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:0.3.1-4 X.Org X server -- fbdev display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.1.1-8 X.Org X server -- Glint display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.2.1-4 X.Org X server -- i128 display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.1.0-7 X.Org X server -- i740 display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.1.0-7 X.Org X server -- IMSTT display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video 2:2.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.4.7.dfsg.1-3 X.Org X server -- MGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.1.1-8 X.Org X server -- Neomagic display
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:0.2.1-4 X.Org X server -- Newport display
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:2.8.3-2 X.Org X server -- NSC display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:2.1.5-1 X.Org X server -- NV display drive
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:4.1.3.dfsg.1-4 X.Org X server -- Rendition displa
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:0.5.0-4 X.Org X server -- legacy S3 displa
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.9.1-7 X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:2.1.3-4 X.Org X server -- Savage display d
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.5.1-3 X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion di
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:0.9.3-6 X.Org X server -- SiS display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:0.8.1-9 X.Org X server -- SiS USB display
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.3.0-6 X.Org X server -- tdfx display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.1.0-9 X.Org X server -- TGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.2.3-6 X.Org X server -- Trident display
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Tseng display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video 0.1.1-6 X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux di
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.3.0-4 X.Org X server -- VESA display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:4.1.0-8 X.Org X server -- VGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:0.2.2-5 X.Org X server -- VIA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:10.15.2-1 X.Org X server -- VMware display d
ii xserver-xorg-video 1:1.1.1-5 X.Org X server -- Voodoo display d
Versions of packages xserver-xorg recommends:
ii discover1 1.7.21 hardware identification system
ii dmidecode 2.9-1 Dump Desktop Management Interface
ii laptop-detect 0.13.2 attempt to detect a laptop
ii libgl1-mesa-dri 7.0.2-2 A free implementation of the OpenG
ii udev 0.114-2 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
ii xresprobe 0.4.23debian1-0.1 X Resolution Probe
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