okay, help me out a bit here.... I assume that the deb_conf database is configuration registry, but I'm not sure what the values _should_ be.
I'm happy to run debconf-communicate to get & set values, but what should the values be? I only have xdm installed, and there really shouldn't be kdm, or gdm installed anywhere. I think that the script is trying to migrate /etc/X11/default-display-manager into deb_conf's database, but now it's /etc/X11/default-display-manager.dpkg-tmp (as part of the upgrade process no doubt) and it contains /usr/bin/X11/xdm-disabled and I want xdm not to start by default. has changing the default-display-manager to a non-existant file confused the deb_conf upgrade process? On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 06:03:11 -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The template's own name should not be a choice. > > I have seen this myself on some systems that have been steadily upgraded > through the lifetime of unstable since woody was released; but Joey Hess > was never able to find the cause. > > It is possible some brain-damaged maintainer script in a display manager > package did this. I'm pretty sure xdm never did, as I have always used the > method documented in the debconf manual. > > That is: > > db_metaget $template owners > owners=3D$RET > db_subst $template choice "$owners" > > You might see if one of your installed display managers is doing things a > bit differently. > > If no package in woody did things wrongly, I'm not sure this is worth > cleaning up after in the packages. You can un-corrupt your debconf > database from the command line with debconf-communicate(1). > > Closing. > > --=20 > G. Branden Robinson | Mob rule isn't any prettier just > Debian GNU/Linux | because you call your mob a > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | government. > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | > -- - Norman Rasmussen - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Home page: http://norman.rasmussen.org/
