Bug#278268: libxft2: SEGV in strlen() <- _XftSetFace() when hinting in gnome-font-viewer (capplets) changed twice

2005-03-26 Thread Greg Folkert 
Mr. Robinson,

At the time Mr. Whysall submitted this bug, I was able to duplicate this
bug. And got extremely similar results.

At this moment, I have tested it very well. Even trying the other font
programs I use, which had difficulty at that time.

I am please to report, that I cannot duplicate the errors and problems
henceforth referenced in this bug-report.

I would consider this a bug properly squashed.

I thank you for your efforts.
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Re: ATTENTION BRANDEN AND DANIEL

2004-11-04 Thread Greg Folkert 
On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 00:49 -0800, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 02:00:49PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > I confirm that this configuration is deliberate.  You can read into that
> > whatever you like, but if you care to hold opinions that aren't at wide
> > variance with reality, then you should be advised that the reason has
> > nothing to do with spam, and everything to do with the extremely abusive
> > tone you take with me in private communications (both in email[2] and
> > IRC[3]).
> 
> As you wish, I will not communicate with you, except where you may read
> anything I write via various public fora.
[...] (obvious reason)
> 
> > You may instead direct your rhetoric to public forums, where your approach
> > to teamwork can be judged by your peers.
> > 
> > You can communicate information to me about embargoed security issues in
> > packages I maintain via the Debian Security Team[1].  Additionally, when
> > such matters relate to XFree86 or any other package maintained by the X
> > Strike Force, you can also communicate such information to me via Fabio or
> > another person in the Uploaders: field of the package in question.
> 
> As per your wish, I will deal exclusively with Fabio, who doesn't see
> fit to frequently post private communications to public lists.  I am
> sorry that it has come to this where we cannot even co-operate on issues
> as critical to Debian as security vulnerabilites in the standard X
> implementations (which, it should be mentioned, are far from
> hypothetical).

Please, are we capable of having this mediated out. I know that the both
of you are understanding people. Can we please have a bit of compromise
from both of you on this issue?

There is a time and a place for this kind of rhetoric, but this with
Sarge Pending, is neither the time nor the place (nor the era) for this
kind of thing to get in the way of getting things done. There are FAR to
many things to put this energy to rather than bickering and wasting your
valuable abilities on this. Both of you are valuable to me, valuable in
such ways that I need not worry *IF* something is addressed, but in how
I could use a stopwatch to measure the swiftness with which things are
done.

I know, silly me being a greedy little Debian user (actually that is
funny as I am not exactly little either 330#). If I need to, I'll just
sit on both of you until this is settled or at least manageable for all
parties concerned.

Sincerely, with an offer to mediate.

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Re: Future of X packages in Debian

2004-06-22 Thread Greg Folkert 
On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 13:57, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Greg Folkert wrote:
> > > * What kinds of X packages would you like to see in the future?
> >
> > I'd like to see a packaging that gives me the ability to mix and match
> > pieces from any of the choices we have available. IOW, meta packages to
> > get the "full" compliment of each version, or me picking cheeries if I
> > want. Lotsa work... But hey, you said you wanted to know.
> 
> eheh but i doubt the XSF will have manpower to handle more than one
> implementation. Other people can join and package other parts from other
> sources.

Yes, I long for a future so bright from X "gamma" I gotta wear shades.

> > > We will do our best to choose a course that reflects the wishes and needs
> > > of the Debian community.  Your feedback is a great first step, but we can
> > > always use more help.  If you'd like to influence the direction of Debian
> > > X packaging, the best thing to do is to join the maintenance team.
> > > Please subscribe to debian-x, and if it's not obvious to you what you can
> > > do to help, just ask.
> >
> > As I am not a programmer, I'll have to ask "What would I *get* to do?"
> 
> There is really a lot that you can do. In the first place you might have
> hardware that we do not have. You can help us testing the packages and
> report bugs before we release. Even if it seems simple it is a great
> contribution to know that the work we are doing is actually tested more
> than by only Branden and me.

I have been doing that all along. I was using the 4.3.0 server from the
linuxppc.org server and then when that became problem (I understand why)
I started using Branden's archive location. This was all before
4.3.0-XXX went into experimental. I even have a coupla bugs to my
credit.

Have 8 Linux Systems at work running the business. One is a Mix of
RedHat --> Debian on its way to Straight Debian. The rest are all
Debian. I am, also, completely moving away from Microsoft products where
possible.

6 machines at home also running Debian Only. Slowest one == 1.2GHz Duron
\o/ !!!

BTW, All machines I maintain are on Sid/Experimental. I use my two
workstations as daily sacrifices to the dist-update GODS! Just to keep
them happy. They then tell me to wait on some things or to continue on
ahead. This seems to workout well.

Lately the GODS, have been pleased... which is good.
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Re: Future of X packages in Debian

2004-06-18 Thread Greg Folkert 
On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 03:02, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote:
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> 
> Hi everybody,
> As you might have seen from the messages on debian-devel-changes,
> 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 has been accepted into unstable.
> 
> Our questions to the community are:
> 
> * What kinds of X packages would you like to see in the future?

I'd like to see a packaging that gives me the ability to mix and match
pieces from any of the choices we have available. IOW, meta packages to
get the "full" compliment of each version, or me picking cheeries if I
want. Lotsa work... But hey, you said you wanted to know.

> * Should we regard X.Org or FreeDesktop.Org as our upstream source?

Both.

> * Should we go our own way starting from the "sanitized" XFree86 CVS
>   snapshot we've prepared?

Yes, but I know it'll be insane the more we divert from XFree86.org and
David Dawes cruft

> * Should we ensure that multiple implementations of the X Window System
>   are packaged, or standardize on just one?

Exactly what I'd like to see. All of 'em. Remember, You asked.

> * If we standardize on just one, which one should it be?

Exactly the one that has the most features to fewest bugs ratio we can
get.

> We will do our best to choose a course that reflects the wishes and needs
> of the Debian community.  Your feedback is a great first step, but we can
> always use more help.  If you'd like to influence the direction of Debian
> X packaging, the best thing to do is to join the maintenance team.
> Please subscribe to debian-x, and if it's not obvious to you what you can
> do to help, just ask.

As I am not a programmer, I'll have to ask "What would I *get* to do?"
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Bug#239719: -- Workaround found.

2004-03-25 Thread Greg Folkert 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=240125

I have been reading many bu reports. This spurred an idea to remove
discover period.

I did this. Now all is fine. Except of course Discover is not working
properly. Maybe this bug should be transferred to "discover".


> duke:~# apt-get install xserver-xfree86
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Suggested packages:
>   discover libglide2
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>   xserver-xfree86
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/5462kB of archives.
> After unpacking 16.4kB disk space will be freed.
> WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
>   xserver-xfree86
> Abort? [Y/n] n
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... 213618 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace xserver-xfree86 4.3.0-5 (using 
> .../xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement xserver-xfree86 ...
> Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.3.0-7) ...
> start_configlet: configlet in path /usr/share/configlets/xserver-common is bad

I can consider this good enough. If I were the developer on this Bug,
I'd transfer it to discover.
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Bug#239719: xserver-xfree86: v4.3.0-7 post-installation script returned error exit status 139

2004-03-25 Thread Greg Folkert 
Another piece, I believe the real problem is this, going through the
output I saw the "DISCOVERED_VIDEO="

> duke:~# discover --type-summary display
> Segmentation fault
> duke:~#

Discover updated on 23Mar2004. Which may explain why my other machines
are just fine.

> ii  discover 2.0.3-3 hardware identification system
> ii  discover-data2.2004.02.24-3  Data lists for Discover hardware 
> detection system
> ii  libdiscover-dev  2.0.3-3 hardware identification library 
> development files
> ii  libdiscover2 2.0.3-3 hardware identification library

Might be unrealated, but seriously affecting many packages, and making
some packages not able to even run or work. (Like me right now)

Heads or tails, it still has an effect of being a disabling piece in
xserver-xfree86
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Bug#239719: xserver-xfree86: v4.3.0-7 post-installation script returned error exit status 139

2004-03-25 Thread Greg Folkert 
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 11:27, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 10:07:37PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote:
> > This exit code is certainly due to a SIGSEGV in a subprocess.
> > In order to determine the culprit, please add 'set -x' at line 2 of
> > xserver-xfree86.config (as mentioned earlier by Andreas) and re-run
> > the command above.  This should tell which command segfaults.
> 
> It won't, because debconf re-executes the maintainer script, losing the
> -x flag.
> 
> The bug submitter needs to do this instead:
> 
> # /usr/share/debconf/frontend sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.config 
> configure

Done. Here is the results.

Script started on Thu Mar 25 11:43:21 2004
duke:~# /usr/share/debconf/frontend sh -x
/var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.config configure
+ set -e
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
++ '[' '!' 1 ']'
++ '[' -z '' ']'
++ exec
++ DEBCONF_REDIR=1
++ export DEBCONF_REDIR
++ _old_opts=configure
++ set -- capb CAPB
++ eval 'db_capb () {
echo "CAPB $@" >&3
# Set to newline to get whole line.
local IFS='\''
'\''
local _LINE
read -r _LINE
# Disgusting, but it'\''s the only good way to split the
line,
# preserving all other whitespace.
RET="${_LINE#[! ][  ]}"
return ${_LINE%%[   ]*}
  }'
++ set -- set SET
++ eval 'db_set () {
echo "SET $@" >&3
# Set to newline to get whole line.
local IFS='\''
'\''
local _LINE
read -r _LINE
# Disgusting, but it'\''s the only good way to split the
line,
# preserving all other whitespace.
RET="${_LINE#[! ][  ]}"
return ${_LINE%%[   ]*}
  }'
++ set -- reset RESET
++ eval 'db_reset () {
echo "RESET $@" >&3
# Set to newline to get whole line.
local IFS='\''
'\''
local _LINE
read -r _LINE
# Disgusting, but it'\''s the only good way to split the
line,
# preserving all other whitespace.
RET="${_LINE#[! ][  ]}"
return ${_LINE%%[   ]*}
  }'
++ set -- title TITLE
++ eval 'db_title () {
echo "TITLE $@" >&3
# Set to newline to get whole line.
local IFS='\''
'\''
local _LINE
read -r _LINE
# Disgusting, but it'\''s the only good way to split the
line,
# preserving all other whitespace.
RET="${_LINE#[! ][  ]}"
return ${_LINE%%[   ]*}
  }'
++ set -- input INPUT
++ eval 'db_input () {
echo "INPUT $@" >&3
# Set to newline to get whole line.
local IFS='\''
'\''
local _LINE
read -r _LINE
# Disgusting, but it'\''s the only good way to split the
line,
# preserving all other whitespace.
RET="${_LINE#[! ][  ]}"
return ${_LINE%%[   ]*}
  }'
++ set -- beginblock BEGINBLOCK
++ eval 'db_beginblock () {
echo "BEGINBLOCK $@" >&3
# Set to newline to get whole line.
local IFS='\''
'\''
local _LINE
read -r _LINE
# Disgusting, but it'\''s the only good way to split the
line,
# preserving all other whitespace.
RET="${_LINE#[! ][  ]}"
return ${_LINE%%[   ]*}
  }'
++ set -- endblock ENDBLOCK
++ eval 'db_endblock () {
echo "ENDBLOCK $@" >&3
# Set to newline to get whole line.
local IFS='\''
'\''
local _LINE
read -r _LINE
# Disgusting, but it'\''s the only good way to split the
line,
# preserving all other whitespace.
RET="${_LINE#[! ][  ]}"
return ${_LINE%%[   ]*}
  }'
++ set -- go GO
++ eval 'db_go () {
echo "GO $@" >&3
# Set to newline to get whole line.
local IFS='\''
'\''
local _LINE
read -r _LINE
# Disgusting, but it'\''s the only good way to split the
line,
# preserving all other whitespace.
RET="${_LINE#[! ][  ]}"
return ${_LINE%%[   ]*}
  }'
++ set -- get GET
++ eval 'db_get () {
echo "GET $@" >&3
# Set to newline to get whole line.
local IFS='\''
'\''
local _LINE
read -r _LINE
# Disgusting, but it'\''s the only good way to split

Bug#239719: xserver-xfree86: v4.3.0-7 post-installation script returned error exit status 139

2004-03-25 Thread Greg Folkert 
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 11:20, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> 
> Now please edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserve... and invoke dpkg
> --configure xserver-xfree86 again.


Script started on Thu Mar 25 11:24:58 2004
duke:~# head -23 /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst
#!/bin/sh
set -x
# Debian xserver-xfree86 package post-installation script
# Copyright 1998--2003 Branden Robinson.
# Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2.  See the file
# /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL or .
# Acknowlegements to Stephen Early, Mark Eichin, and Manoj Srivastava.


# $Id: xserver-xfree86.postinst.in 1044 2004-02-16 17:40:33Z branden $


set -e


# source debconf library
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule


THIS_PACKAGE=xserver-xfree86
THIS_SCRIPT=postinst


# $Id: shell-lib.sh 1124 2004-03-02 19:05:03Z branden $


SOURCE_VERSION=4.3.0-5
OFFICIAL_BUILD=yes


duke:~# dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86
Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.3.0-5) ...
+ set -e
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
++ '[' '!' '' ']'
++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst 
configure 4.3.0-5
dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xserver-xfree86
duke:~# exit


Script done on Thu Mar 25 11:26:12 2004

Exactly the same info on the previous e-mail.

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Bug#239719: xserver-xfree86: v4.3.0-7 post-installation script returned error exit status 139

2004-03-25 Thread Greg Folkert 
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 11:20, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On 2004-03-25 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 04:24, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> > > That does not work:
> > > * Because of the way debconf double-executes the config script set -x
> > >   set for the current shell is not used when actually running the
> > >   script.
> > > * Editing /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.* is lost
> > >   when running 'dpkg  --install', the interesting scripts (.config and
> > >   .postinst - one of these was failing) are overwritten and the
> > >   changes are lost before they are executed.
> > > 
> > > Please install -7, *then* edit
> > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.(postinst|config) and afterwards
> > > run dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86.
> 
> > Okay here is the deal. It will NOT install. I have done as best I can to
> > get everything right for your needs.
> [...]
> > duke:~# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg -i 
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb
> [...]
> > dpkg: error processing 
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb (--install):
> >  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 139
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb
> > duke:~# COLUMNS=148 dpkg -l | grep xserver-xfree86
> > + COLUMNS=148
> > + dpkg -l
> > + grep xserver-xfree86
> > iU  xserver-xfree86 4.3.0-5 the 
> > XFree86 X server
> [...]
> > duke:~# dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86
> [...]
> 
> Now please edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserve... and invoke dpkg
> --configure xserver-xfree86 again.

Script started on Thu Mar 25 11:24:58 2004
duke:~# head -23 /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst
#!/bin/sh
set -x
# Debian xserver-xfree86 package post-installation script
# Copyright 1998--2003 Branden Robinson.
# Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2.  See the file
# /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL or <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
# Acknowlegements to Stephen Early, Mark Eichin, and Manoj Srivastava.


# $Id: xserver-xfree86.postinst.in 1044 2004-02-16 17:40:33Z branden $


set -e


# source debconf library
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule


THIS_PACKAGE=xserver-xfree86
THIS_SCRIPT=postinst


# $Id: shell-lib.sh 1124 2004-03-02 19:05:03Z branden $


SOURCE_VERSION=4.3.0-5
OFFICIAL_BUILD=yes


duke:~# dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86
Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.3.0-5) ...
+ set -e
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
++ '[' '!' '' ']'
++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst 
configure 4.3.0-5
dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xserver-xfree86
duke:~# exit


Script done on Thu Mar 25 11:26:12 2004


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Bug#239719: xserver-xfree86: v4.3.0-7 post-installation script returned error exit status 139

2004-03-25 Thread Greg Folkert 
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 04:24, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> That does not work:
> * Because of the way debconf double-executes the config script set -x
>   set for the current shell is not used when actually running the
>   script.
> * Editing /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.* is lost
>   when running 'dpkg  --install', the interesting scripts (.config and
>   .postinst - one of these was failing) are overwritten and the
>   changes are lost before they are executed.
> 
> Please install -7, *then* edit
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.(postinst|config) and afterwards
> run dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86.

Okay here is the deal. It will NOT install. I have done as best I can to
get everything right for your needs.

Well here the update:

I hacked /var/lib/dpkg/status and the other apropos scripts to reflect
-5. As I had done a --ignore-depend on a remove --purge hoping I could
fix it this way. (Nope)

Extracted the setup on another machine to -5, moved things over proper.
Reflects a non-configured unpacked -5. the dpkg --configure for 4.3.0-5
is near the end. I chose to give you as much info as possible to quarter
any other requests you may have. I just would like to get the solution
as quickly as possible.

Script started on Thu Mar 25 10:24:33 2004
duke:~# set -x
duke:~# head -22 /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.preinst
+ head -22 /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.preinst
#!/bin/sh
set -x
# Debian xserver-xfree86 package pre-installation script
# Copyright 2003 Branden Robinson.
# Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2.  See the file
# /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL or .


# $Id: xserver-xfree86.preinst.in 1044 2004-02-16 17:40:33Z branden $


set -e


# source debconf library
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule


THIS_PACKAGE=xserver-xfree86
THIS_SCRIPT=preinst


# $Id: shell-lib.sh 1124 2004-03-02 19:05:03Z branden $


SOURCE_VERSION=4.3.0-5
OFFICIAL_BUILD=yes


duke:~# head -23 /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst
+ head -23 /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst
#!/bin/sh
set -x
# Debian xserver-xfree86 package post-installation script
# Copyright 1998--2003 Branden Robinson.
# Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2.  See the file
# /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL or .
# Acknowlegements to Stephen Early, Mark Eichin, and Manoj Srivastava.


# $Id: xserver-xfree86.postinst.in 1044 2004-02-16 17:40:33Z branden $


set -e


# source debconf library
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule


THIS_PACKAGE=xserver-xfree86
THIS_SCRIPT=postinst
 
# $Id: shell-lib.sh 1124 2004-03-02 19:05:03Z branden $
 
SOURCE_VERSION=4.3.0-5
OFFICIAL_BUILD=yes
 
duke:~# COLUMNS=148 dpkg -l | grep xserver-xfree86
+ COLUMNS=148
+ dpkg -l
+ grep xserver-xfree86
iU  xserver-xfree86 4.3.0-5 the XFree86 
X server
duke:~# apt-get -u upgrade
+ apt-get -u upgrade
 
Reading Package Lists... 0%
 
Reading Package Lists... 0%
 
Reading Package Lists... 2%
 
Reading Package Lists... Done
 

Building Dependency Tree... 0%
 
Building Dependency Tree... 0%
 
Building Dependency Tree... 0%
 
Building Dependency Tree... 50%
 
Building Dependency Tree... 50%
 
Building Dependency Tree... Done
 
The following packages have been kept back:
  gabber
The following packages will be upgraded:
  xserver-

Bug#239719: xserver-xfree86: v4.3.0-7 post-installation script returned error exit status 139

2004-03-24 Thread Greg Folkert 
Okay Gents. Have done the editing of

/var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.[pre|post]inst

To have "set -x" as the second line

As they Both now are faulty since I downgraded to -5 and the re-updated to
-7

I even did a "set -x" before I ran the command, as you will see.

-- Begin xf86-install-set-x-debug-out

Before this output of script, I edited both
/var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.preinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst
to have "set -x" as the second line.

Script started on Wed 24 Mar 2004 06:24:59 PM EST
duke:/win1# set -x
duke:/win1# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg --debug=3773 --install
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb
+ DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer
+ dpkg --debug=3773 --install
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb
D10: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci'
(Reading database ... 212053 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xserver-xfree86 (from .../xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb) ...
D01: process_archive oldversionstatus=not installed
D02: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst ( )
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is xserver-xfree86
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config configure
debconf (developer): <-- GET
xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/emulate3buttons
debconf (developer): --> 0 false
debconf (developer): <-- GET
xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/zaxismapping
debconf (developer): --> 0 true
debconf (developer): <-- GET
xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method
debconf (developer): --> 0 Medium
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xfree86/config/modules
debconf (developer): --> 0 bitmap, dbe, ddc, dri, extmod, freetype, glx,
int10, record, speedo, type1, vbe
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xfree86/config/device/driver
debconf (developer): --> 0 nvidia
debconf (developer): <-- METAGET shared/default-x-server owners
debconf (developer): --> 0 xserver-xfree86
debconf (developer): <-- METAGET shared/default-x-server choices
debconf (developer): --> 0 xserver-xfree86
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 139
D02: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm ( )
D10: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci'
D10: ensure_pathname_nonexisting running rm -rf
D10: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/reassemble.deb'
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb
duke:/win1# exit

Script done on Wed 24 Mar 2004 06:26:47 PM EST

-- End xf86-install-set-x-debug-out

Looks like the errors of significance are in
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/

Well that doesn't exist now. Because it gets removed by post error
cleanup.

One last thing I also cleaned out all the 4.3.0-7 package from
/var/cache/apt/archives and re-D/Ld the 4.3.0-7 packages from Master to be
sure.

Have fun. You know how to get ahold of me.

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Bug#239719: xserver-xfree86: v4.3.0-7 post-installation script returned error exit status 139

2004-03-24 Thread Greg Folkert 
On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 05:27, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On 2004-03-24 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xfree86
> > Version: 4.3.0-7
> > Severity: grave
> > Tags: sid
> > Justification: renders package unusable
[...]
> This bug matches the criteria for "important" exactly:
> | important
> |a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package,
> |without rendering it completely unusable to everyone.
> 
> Clearly it is not "unusable to everyone" otherwise it would have been
> reported a week ago.
> 
> I am not downgrading it, as I am no part of the xfree86
> maintainer-team.

Please now know, that I needed to restart this machine to run 2.6.4-1-k7
and also finally installed udev.

As of right now, I have zero X displays on the machine available to me.
I did remove udev and similar results.

Another tidbit, I have another machine I updated just after the -7
revision came out. Runs fine. But now that I have updated it to current.
It also fails to be able to runs dpkg-reconfigure as well.

Further more, I have back revd the machine I originally had the problem
with to -5. Still has the same issue. So, it might be something that has
changed OUTSIDE xserver-xfree86.

I believe the this will need to be changed back to grave soon.

> DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86
> or temporarily adding "set -x" as 2nd line to
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst and running
> "dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86" might show useful information.

Here is the output
-- Debconf Developer Debug output

Script started on Wed Mar 24 09:04:39 2004
duke:~# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg --configure --debug=3773 xserver-xfree86
D40: checking dependencies of xserver-xfree86 (- )
D000400:   checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility  -> xserver-common
D000400:   is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400:   found 3 matched 0
D000400:   checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility  -> libc6
D000400:   is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400:   found 3 matched 0
D000400:   checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility  -> zlib1g
D000400:   is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400:   found 3 matched 0
D000400:   checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility  -> debconf
D000400:   is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400:   found 3 matched 0
D40: ok 2 msgs >><<
Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.3.0-7) ...
D02: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst ( )
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is xserver-xfree86
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.config 
configure 4.3.0-7
debconf (developer): <-- GET 
xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/emulate3buttons
debconf (developer): --> 0 false
debconf (developer): <-- GET 
xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/zaxismapping
debconf (developer): --> 0 true
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method
debconf (developer): --> 0 Medium
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xfree86/config/modules
debconf (developer): --> 0 bitmap, dbe, ddc, dri, extmod, freetype, glx, int10, 
record, speedo, type1, vbe
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xfree86/config/device/driver
debconf (developer): --> 0 nvidia
debconf (developer): <-- METAGET shared/default-x-server owners
debconf (developer): --> 0 xserver-xfree86
debconf (developer): <-- METAGET shared/default-x-server choices
debconf (developer): --> 0 xserver-xfree86
dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xserver-xfree86
duke:~# exit
exit
 
Script done on Wed Mar 24 09:05:35 2004

Hope this is enough info for you. Thanks.
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Bug#239719: xserver-xfree86: v4.3.0-7 post-installation script returned error exit status 139

2004-03-23 Thread Greg Folkert 
Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.3.0-7
Severity: grave
Tags: sid
Justification: renders package unusable
 
First off, bang up job on the X Strike Force. Thanks for your help and efforts 
with Debian and Upstream devel.
 
Performed a dist-upgrade. So I am working. But I did do a base install, then an 
"dpkg --set-selections" "apt-get
dselect-upgrade" to test this out and did cause the same error.
 
Reporting from my regular machine. I am currently working, currently 
dpkg-reconfigure won't work should I change something
 
Here is the output of dpkg --configure --debug=3773 etc
 
-- dpkg debug info:
 
duke:~# dpkg --debug=3773 --configure xserver-xfree86
D40: checking dependencies of xserver-xfree86 (- )
D000400:   checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility  -> xserver-common
D000400:   is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400:   found 3 matched 0
D000400:   checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility  -> libc6
D000400:   is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400:   found 3 matched 0
D000400:   checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility  -> zlib1g
D000400:   is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400:   found 3 matched 0
D000400:   checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility  -> debconf
D000400:   is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400:   found 3 matched 0
D40: ok 2 msgs >><<
Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.3.0-7) ...
D02: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst ( )
dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xserver-xfree86
 
 
-- Package-specific info:
Contents of /var/lib/xfree86/X.roster:
xserver-xfree86
 
X server symlink status:
lrwxrwxrwx1 root root   20 2003-10-20 20:25 /etc/X11/X -> 
/usr/bin/X11/XFree86
-rwxr-xr-x1 root root  1742316 2004-03-18 00:42 /usr/bin/X11/XFree86
/etc/X11/X target does not match checksum in /var/lib/xfree86/X.md5sum.
 
Contents of /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.roster:
xserver-xfree86
 
VGA-compatible devices on PCI bus:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] 
(rev a1)
01:00.0 Class 0300: 10de:0322 (rev a1)
 
XFree86 X server configuration file status:
-rw-r--r--1 root root 2850 2004-01-18 19:13 
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
 
Contents of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the
# Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
#   cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
#   md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
#   dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
 
Section "Files"
FontPath"unix/:7100"# local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection
 
Section "Module"
Load"GLcore"
Load"bitmap"
Load"dbe"
Load"ddc"
Load"dri"
Load"extmod"
Load"freetype"
Load"glx"
Load"int10"
Load"record"
Load"speedo"
Load"type1"
Load"vbe"
EndSection
 
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
Driver  "keyboard"
Option  "CoreKeyboard"
Option  "XkbRules"  "xfree86"
Option  "XkbModel"  "pc104"
Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
 
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "CorePointer"
Option  "Device""/dev/input/mice"
Option  "Protocol"  "ImPS/2"
Option  "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
EndSection
 
Section "Device"
Identifier  "nVidia Ti5200 Ultra"
Driver  "nvidia"
BusID   "PCI:01:00:00"
VideoRam131052
Option  "NvAGP" "1"
Option  "RenderAccel"   "Yes"
Option  "Dig