Package: xserver-xorg Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-1 Severity: serious After first doing "aptitude install xserver-common" and then "aptitude install xserver-xorg" (just "aptitude dist-upgrade" wanted to remove ~300 packages, including GNOME :-) ), I got:
xserver-xorg config warning: migrating xserver-xfree86 templates to xserver-xorg. Can't call method "choices" on an undefined value at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 85, <GEN13> line 118. Received signal. Aborting xserver-xorg package config script. Then, it installed some other packages, and tried again, giving essentially the same error: xserver-xorg config warning: migrating xserver-xfree86 templates to xserver-xorg. Can't call method "choices" on an undefined value at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 85, <GEN1> line 115. Some manual debugging with DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer revealed: [...] debconf (developer): <-- SET xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor true debconf (developer): --> 0 value set debconf (developer): <-- FSET xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor seen true debconf (developer): --> 0 true debconf (developer): <-- METAGET xserver-xfree86/config/display/modes choices Can't call method "choices" on an undefined value at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 85, <GEN1> line 115. Now, this does indeed exist in debconf: Name: xserver-xfree86/config/display/modes Template: xserver-xfree86/config/display/modes Value: 800x600, 640x480 Owners: xserver-xfree86 However, there are no choices there, actually... and I can't find anything in the templates, either. I guess the problem is: baby:~/xorg> grep -c config/display/modes /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat 0 So, the template in question is kind of half-there, since it has a _value_ but not a template. Now, debconf shouldn't _die_ on this, and that is probably a bug (I guess I'll kick Joey when I see him later today :-) ), for in the meantime this breaks X.org installation in these cases... -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-3-686 Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- no debconf information -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
