After extensive mangling of the debconf perl scripts with print statements I was finally able to track the problem with fvwm configuration back to the fvwm post install shell script.
There is a line near the end of this script which reads: BROKEN_X_WM_ALTERNATIVE=`readlink /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager` On my system the file /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager does not exist and readlink fails. This causes the script to abort and the failure gets reported back to debconf which reports a failed or incomplete configuration. I created this file using the update-alternatives command and it points to metacity. I ran 'dpkg --configure fvwm' and it completed without errors, but it did NOT change this alternative to point to fvwm. Don't know what to make of that. I believe this is a sufficiently complete description of the problem that you can figure out how to properly correct it. (I'm not sure what exactly the right fix is.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
