On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:35:39 +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 03:54:23AM +0000, John O'Hagan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm running lenny. > > > > The power failed on my laptop during a recent upgrade about a week > > ago. Don't know if this is why, but attempts to upgrade or install any > > new packages since then fail because aptitude (or rather dpkg) chokes > > on repeated attempts to configure libpam0g: > > > > dpkg: error processing libpam0g (--configure): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > libpam0g > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
[...] > > # dpkg --configure libpam0g > > Setting up libpam0g (1.0.1-3) ... > > debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Kde > > debconf: (--- No method to call for :) > > debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog > > Can you try using a different debconf frontend? > > DEBIAN_FRONTEND=readline apt-get install -f or try DEBCONF_FORCE_DIALOG=1 apt-get install -f [...] > > --- No method to call for : > > QApplication::new('Qt::Applic...', ARRAY(0x993c1c8)) > > at /usr/lib/perl5/Qt.pm line 464. > > This is debconf? I think so; it looks like this bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481642 I would run dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=dialog debconf and set the default user interface to "Dialog", at least until this bug is fixed. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]