I have found a work around for this problem (that is aptitude going zombie), I believe...
Spent some time trying to strace main-menu as follows: /target/usr/bin/strace -f -F -s 1024 -o /target/tmp/main-menu.trace -p XXXX where XXXX is pidof main-menu I attached the strace during at the "Select and install software" point. However, strace seems to keep the problem from happening. I guess you can't observe a phenomenon without changing the outcome..... So, there are two ways to work around the bug... 1) The preferred way is to run debconf in text mode.... Add 'd-i debconf/frontend string text' to your preseed file. 2) The nasty way is to kill the process that spawned the zombie aptitude. With either work around you end up with the same outcome. However, killing the spawning process requires intervention. I have not done extensive testing of running debconf in text mode, but if I change nothing else in my preseed the install finishes properly. If I change back to newt the install always hangs.... YMMV -- preseeded installation hangs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/52097 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
