Ingo Reimann wrote: > when i installed debconf, i was happy, when he asked my, whether to use some > nice gtk-interface or not. > I thought, this was a good idea, and so during apt-get update/upgrade, some > windows pops up an vanishes, but I only see a black box. How do i get rid of > this an switch to a text-based output
Run "dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=text debconf" and this time read the note saying that the GTK interface is experimental, and make your coice more wisely. Note that if you upgraded to unstable in the past few days, that won't work and you should just delete /var/lib/debconf/debconf.db instead. (It will start working again tomorrow..) -- see shy jo
