Bug#337874: debconf values not found in dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 21:45:54 +0530, Mahesh T. Pai wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.3+10
> Followup-For: Bug #337874
> 
> 
> I got this output when I tried
> `dpgk-reconfigure xserver-xorg`.
> 
> <output of dpkg-reconfigure>
> 
> Keyboard options:
> 
> 
> This is a fake template used to pre-seed the debconf database. If you are seeingthis, something is probably wrong.
> 
> Dummy template yes
> <end output of dpkg-reconfigure>
> 
> Looks like it is related to this bug.
> 
> I am not sure whether the following lines in dmesg are causing or are
> caused by mis-configured xserver.
> 
> <from dmesg>
> 
> [ 1819.037452] agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
> [ 1819.037471] agpgart: Xorg tried to set rate=x12. Setting to AGP3 x8 mode.
> [ 1819.037478] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
> [ 1819.037531] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 8x mode
> [ 1819.463613] irq 16: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
> [ 1819.463613] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.25-2-amd64 #1
> [ 1819.463613]
> [ 1819.463613] Call Trace:
> [ 1819.463613]  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8022a674>] __update_rq_clock+0x1a/0xcf
> [ 1819.463613]  [<ffffffff8026c923>] __report_bad_irq+0x30/0x72
> [ 1819.463613]  [<ffffffff8026cb62>] note_interrupt+0x1fd/0x23f
> [ 1819.463613]  [<ffffffff8026d3ef>] handle_fasteoi_irq+0xa5/0xc8
> [ 1819.463613]  [<ffffffff8020f40c>] do_IRQ+0x6d/0xd9
> [ 1819.463613]  [<ffffffff8020c33d>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0x19
> [ 1819.463613]  <EOI>  [<ffffffff8021c1c5>] lapic_next_event+0x0/0x13
> [ 1819.463613]  [<ffffffff802206e4>] native_safe_halt+0x2/0x3
> [ 1819.463613]  [<ffffffff8020ae8f>] default_idle+0x3b/0x6e
> [ 1819.463613]  [<ffffffff8020ae54>] default_idle+0x0/0x6e
> [ 1819.463613]  [<ffffffff8020af4b>] cpu_idle+0x89/0xb3
> [ 1819.463613]
> [ 1819.463613] handlers:
> [ 1819.463613] [<ffffffff883bb346>] (via_driver_irq_handler+0x0/0x183 [via])
> [ 1819.463613] Disabling IRQ #16
> 
> </from dmesg>
> 
> In case it helps, this machine has been runing SId since a long time,
> but has not been updated for a longish period - around 18 months.
> 
I think the two problems you report are unrelated.
The issue with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, if it what I expect, will
be fixed in the next version.  If it isn't we'll need more information,
running dpkg-reconfigure with DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer in the environment
would be a start.

Cheers,
Julien