Package: x11-common Version: 1:7.1.0-13 Severity: serious Today I upgraded x11-common from -12 to -13 on my etch system. It displayed a debconf note "incorrect nice value" (btw. the wording is poor, there's no indication we're dealing with x11-common). I pressed "next" and expected some new dialog where I could enter the nice value, but nothing happened, the script hangs.
After pressing "Cancel", the pre-configuring stops, and I see the following output on the terminal: DESTROY created new reference to dead object ' Qt::VBoxLayout', <> line 14 during global destruction. Preconfiguring packages ... Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN10> line 4. Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN10> line 9. Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN10> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN10> line 25. Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN10> line 33. Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN10> line 41. DESTROY created new reference to dead object ' Qt::VBoxLayout' during global destruction. Received signal. Aborting x11-common package config script. The installation continues, this is the following screen output, at this time the frontend (KDE) displays the question again: (Reading database ... 195590 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libvolume-id0 0.103-2 (using .../libvolume-id0_0.105-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libvolume-id0 ... Preparing to replace udev 0.103-2 (using .../archives/udev_0.105-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement udev ... Preparing to replace x11-common 1:7.1.0-12 (using .../x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-13_i386.deb) ... Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 4. Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 9. pressing "next" gives: Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 17. "next" once more gives: Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 25. further "next" give: Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 33. Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 41. after that it's line 49, then I stopped the game and pressed "cancel". dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-13_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault) Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 4. Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 9. DESTROY created new reference to dead object ' Qt::VBoxLayout', <GEN1> line 15 during global destruction. dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255 After that it shows the screen again, this time I don't know the first lines of output, because I get more than a screenful of /usr/share/debconf/confmodule: line 42: printf: write error: Broken pipe and stopped with Ctrl-c: dpkg: error processing udev (--configure): subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt) dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core depends on x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0); however: Package x11-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg-core (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg-video-neomagic: xserver-xorg-video-neomagic depends on xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.1.1-11); however: Package xserver-xorg-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg-video-neomagic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg-video-all: xserver-xorg-video-all depends on xserver-xorg-video-neomagic; however: Package xserver-xorg-video-neomagic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg-video-all (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Received signal. Aborting x11-common package config script. Errors were encountered while processing: x11-common udev xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-all # export DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer # dpkg --configure -a 2>&1 | tee error.log This time, I pressed "Next" only once, then cancel, and didn't need to stop with Ctrl-c. error.lg is attached, but it seems this could be the problem: Setting up x11-common (7.1.0-12) ... debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is x11-common debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/x11-common.config configure 1:7.1.0-12 debconf (developer): <-- SET x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users Console Users Only debconf (developer): --> 0 value set debconf (developer): <-- SET x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value 0 debconf (developer): --> 0 value set debconf (developer): <-- INPUT low x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped debconf (developer): <-- GO Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 4. debconf (developer): --> 0 ok debconf (developer): <-- GET x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users Regards, Frank -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (99, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages x11-common depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii lsb-base 3.1-23 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip x11-common recommends no packages. -- debconf information: x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value: 0 x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users: Console Users Only x11-common/xwrapper/actual_allowed_users: console x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value/error: x11-common/x11r6_bin_not_empty: x11-common/upgrade_issues: -- Dr. Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
Setting up x11-common (7.1.0-12) ... debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is x11-common debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/x11-common.config configure 1:7.1.0-12 debconf (developer): <-- SET x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users Console Users Only debconf (developer): --> 0 value set debconf (developer): <-- SET x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value 0 debconf (developer): --> 0 value set debconf (developer): <-- INPUT low x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped debconf (developer): <-- GO Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 4. debconf (developer): --> 0 ok debconf (developer): <-- GET x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users debconf (developer): --> 0 Console Users Only debconf (developer): <-- SET x11-common/xwrapper/actual_allowed_users console debconf (developer): --> 0 value set debconf (developer): <-- GET x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value debconf (developer): --> 0 0 debconf (developer): <-- INPUT low x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped debconf (developer): <-- GO Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 9. debconf (developer): --> 0 ok debconf (developer): <-- GET x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value debconf (developer): --> 0 debconf (developer): <-- SET x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value 0 debconf (developer): --> 0 value set debconf (developer): <-- FSET x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value seen false debconf (developer): --> 0 false debconf (developer): <-- FSET x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value/error seen false debconf (developer): --> 0 false debconf (developer): <-- INPUT critical x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value/error debconf (developer): --> 0 question will be asked debconf (developer): <-- GO debconf (developer): --> 0 ok debconf (developer): <-- INPUT low x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped debconf (developer): <-- GO Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 17. debconf (developer): --> 0 ok debconf (developer): <-- GET x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value debconf (developer): --> 0 debconf (developer): <-- SET x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value 0 debconf (developer): --> 0 value set debconf (developer): <-- FSET x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value seen false debconf (developer): --> 0 false debconf (developer): <-- FSET x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value/error seen false debconf (developer): --> 0 false debconf (developer): <-- INPUT critical x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value/error debconf (developer): --> 0 question will be asked debconf (developer): <-- GO debconf (developer): QTF: -- LEAVE EVENTLOOP -------- dpkg: error processing x11-common (--configure): subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault) Setting up udev (0.105-2) ... /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686 has been altered. Cannot update. dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core depends on x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0); however: Package x11-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg-core (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg-video-neomagic: xserver-xorg-video-neomagic depends on xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.1.1-11); however: Package xserver-xorg-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg-video-neomagic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg-video-all: xserver-xorg-video-all depends on xserver-xorg-video-neomagic; however: Package xserver-xorg-video-neomagic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg-video-all (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: x11-common xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-all
