Package: console-tools Version: 1:0.2.3dbs-67 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hello,
same here, seems to be related to bash-4.1 which has a more strict handling of set -e output of aptitude: Setting up console-tools (1:0.2.3dbs-67) ... Setting console screen modes and fonts. Setting console screen modes and fonts. invoke-rc.d: initscript console-screen.sh, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing console-tools (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: console-tools [..] problem: readlink /proc/self/fd/0 | grep -q -e /dev/vc -e '/dev/tty[^p]' -e /dev/console grep returns 1 when readlink ends up at something like /dev/pts/5 which happens when dpkg does its job on a non vt and due to the use of set -e the initscript exits and hence dpkg yields a failed --configure so dont rely on the return value but use another test like if [ "x" != "x`readlink /proc/self/fd/0 | grep -e /dev/vc \ -e '/dev/tty[^p]' -e /dev/console`" ] ; then patch attached, have a nice day -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.2-xy (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages console-tools depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.10.2-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libconsole 1:0.2.3dbs-67 Shared libraries for Linux console ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip Versions of packages console-tools recommends: ii console-common 0.7.85 basic infrastructure for text cons ii console-data 2:1.10-2 keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall Versions of packages console-tools suggests: pn kbd-compat <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information
--- a/console-screen.sh 2009-12-19 20:27:27.000000000 +0100 +++ b/console-screen.sh 2010-01-04 15:04:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ setup_fonts () CONSOLE_TYPE=`fgconsole 2>/dev/null` || return 0 if [ ! $CONSOLE_TYPE = "serial" ] ; then - readlink /proc/self/fd/0 | grep -q -e /dev/vc -e '/dev/tty[^p]' -e /dev/console - if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then - VT="yes" - reset_vga_palette + if [ "x" != "x`readlink /proc/self/fd/0 | grep -e /dev/vc \ + -e '/dev/tty[^p]' -e /dev/console`" ] ; then + VT="yes" + reset_vga_palette fi fi