I've hit this exact issue (nice workaround with the "echo" trick) and been doing some more debug. With _loads_ of debug the bug dissappeared :-( But I have now managed to see where the race is.
When the hang occurs, the last few things that debconf does (booted with "install DEBCONF_DEBUG=5" with additional "warn" stuck in: (I can see dpkg-preconfigure calling "make_frontend()") read "PROGRESS SET 18" send "0 OK" read "CAPB" send "0 multiselect escape multiselect backup progresscancel" recv "SUBST debconf-apt-progress/info DESCRIPTION Retrieving file 84 of 84" send "0" (no OK FWIW) recv "PROGRESS INFO deconf-apt-progress/info" send "0 OK" (hang occurs) With more debug, it didn't hang, but have a look at the message received this time: read "PROGRESS SET 18" send "0 OK" recv "SUBST debconf-apt-progress/info DESCRIPTION Retrieving file 84 of 84" send "0" (no OK FWIW) recv "PROGRESS INFO deconf-apt-progress/info" send "0 OK" ( I can see dpkg-preconfigure calling "make_frontend()" ... calls Debconf::FrontEnd::Passthrough->new() ) read "CAPB" send "0 multiselect escape multiselect backup progresscancel" read "TITLE" ... So the hang occurs when dpkg-preconfigure calls make_frontend _before_ the last PROGRESS_INFO has occured). I think I'd better leave this to the Debconf guru's now :-) I have more logs available if they are any help (I suspect not). I was doing a CD based install with desktop package deselected (just base system package selected). Adrian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
