making previous comment in a patch Just this seems enough to make both dpkg-reconfigure -plow and -pmedium to work (validate correctly nice value, don't have tested if nice value is really applied to the server).
still some warning at medium level: Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 4. ... Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 83. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 84. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ** Attachment added: "replace $? by $_retval in bail out test" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6723266/fix_test_wont_show_db_input.diff -- x11-common loop asking 'Please enter an integer between -20 and 19.' at debconf medium or higher https://launchpad.net/bugs/68267 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs