On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 15:24 -0400, Aaron Klein wrote: > Ok to catch up. Below is the output I get when I try to reinstall > debconf and perl. > > SLUG:/home/aaron# apt-get install --reinstall debconf perl > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. > Need to get 3558kB of archives. > After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y > Get:1 http://ftp.egr.msu.edu etch/main debconf 1.5.11 [146kB] > Get:2 http://ftp.egr.msu.edu etch/main perl 5.8.8-7 [3413kB] > Fetched 3558kB in 34s (103kB/s) > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/ScreenSize.pm line 33, <> line 2. > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/ScreenSize.pm line 48, <> line 2. > Can't fork at /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure line 67, <> line 2. > (Reading database ... 21927 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace debconf 1.5.11 (using .../debconf_1.5.11_all.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement debconf ... > Preparing to replace perl 5.8.8-7 (using .../archives/perl_5.8.8-7_arm.deb) > ... > Unpacking replacement perl ... > Setting up debconf (1.5.11) ... > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/ScreenSize.pm line 33. > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/ScreenSize.pm line 48. > open2: fork failed: Cannot allocate memory at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 58 > dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9 > Setting up perl (5.8.8-7) ... > > Errors were encountered while processing: > debconf > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > The two lines in question of /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/ScreenSize.pm > > Line 33 my ($rows)=`stty -a 2>/dev/null` =~ m/rows (\d+)/s; > Line 48 my ($cols)=`stty -a 2>/dev/null` =~ m/columns > (\d+)/s; > > The entire files contents below... Its everything between the **Start > and **End of file lines. The file ends on line 54 with a 1 > > ** Start of File** > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > # This file was preprocessed, do not edit! > > > package Debconf::FrontEnd::ScreenSize; > use strict; > use Debconf::Gettext; > use base qw(Debconf::FrontEnd); > > > sub init { > my $this=shift; > > $this->SUPER::init(@_); > > $this->resize; # Get current screen size. > $SIG{WINCH}=sub { > if (defined $this) { > $this->resize; > } > }; > } > > > sub resize { > my $this=shift; > > if (exists $ENV{LINES}) { > $this->screenheight($ENV{'LINES'}); > $this->screenheight_guessed(0); > } > else { > my ($rows)=`stty -a 2>/dev/null` =~ m/rows (\d+)/s; > if ($rows) { > $this->screenheight($rows); > $this->screenheight_guessed(0); > } > else { > $this->screenheight(25); > $this->screenheight_guessed(1); > } > } > > if (exists $ENV{COLUMNS}) { > $this->screenwidth($ENV{'COLUMNS'}); > } > else { > my ($cols)=`stty -a 2>/dev/null` =~ m/columns (\d+)/s; > $this->screenwidth($cols || 80); > } > } > > > 1 > **END OF FILE**
Looks the same to me... I'm out of ideas. I suggest starting a new thread with a subject specifying this problem and take it from there. It has nothing to do with apache, php and mysql anymore. I have the same versions of debconf and perl and I don't think these specific files are corrupted. You could try: for i in `dpkg -L debconf`; do md5sum $i; done 2>/dev/null | md5sum - which calculates an md5sum for all files in the debconf package and then (to save bandwidth, ;-) it calculates an md5sum of that output. My sum is: 5af70b74a53dcb587452c54aab47b733 Since I've never tried anything like this, your sum might be different and this might be totally okay. However, I believe your sum should be the same if your package files are the same. I don't think they vary from system to system, but there are a few config files included. So beware... Good luck, David > > On 6/23/07, David Fokkema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 10:07 -0400, Aaron Klein wrote: > > > 1) I first tired to install apache, php and mysql all in one command > > > and it bombed out so I started doing it one at a time. > > > > ...And it was only mysql which bailed out. Strange! > > > > > 2) dont know I have seen others with simular error messages post on > > > the web for slugs and non slugs but the answer has always been to run > > > apt-get -f install and it fixes it. > > > > Yes, but I don't think those are the same errors. For them, dpkg -l > > probably told them a package was half-installed or something like that. > > > > > 3) Oddly enough I dont appear to have a file named ScreenSize.pm in > > > that folder. Here is the contents of that folder. I have it two > > > different formats because I know some folks see it better as a list > > > than in columns. > > > > > > SLUG:/usr/share/perl5/Debconf# ls > > > AutoSelect.pm Config.pm Element Format.pm Iterator.pm > > > Template > > > Base.pm Db.pm Element.pm FrontEnd Log.pm > > > Template.pm > > > Client DbDriver Encoding.pm FrontEnd.pm Priority.pm > > > TmpFile.pm > > > ConfModule.pm DbDriver.pm Format Gettext.pm Question.pm > > > > <snip> > > > > <sigh> > > me again! It should be in /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/ ... > > </sigh> > > > > David > > > > > > > On 6/23/07, David Fokkema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 08:59 -0400, Aaron Klein wrote: > > > > > I used the Debian/NSLU2 Stable 4.0r0 firmware. > > > > > > > > Ok, then it _should_ work. So you've hit a very strange bug or file > > > > corruption resulting in strange behaviour or something like that. > > > > > > > > It would be very helpful to know a few things: > > > > > > > > 1) When and how did your problem start and do you see it when you > > > > install other packages as well? > > > > 2) Are there other people who hit the same bug when they install > > > > mysql-server-5.0? > > > > 3) What are the contents of your /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ScreenSize.pm > > > > at lines 33 and 48? Do they match mine? (probably...) > > > > > > > > I installed etch before release and upgraded mysql-server alone several > > > > times. That's not the same as installing it cleanly. I have never > > > > encountered that bug, but that might say nothing at all... > > > > > > > > Luck, > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]