Package: update-manager-gnome Version: 0.200.4-1 Severity: important --- Please enter the report below this line. --- I'm using update-notifier inside Xfce; clicking on it seems to start update-manager-gnome. Upgrades done using this tool seem to be lacking some functionality. A excerpt from the Installing Updates terminal, _hidden by default_:
[...] (Reading database ... 296852 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libk5crypto3 1.8.3+dfsg~beta1-1 (using .../libk5crypto3_1.8.3+dfsg-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libk5crypto3 ... [...] Processing triggers for man-db ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Gnome debconf: (Unable to load Gnome -- is libgnome2-perl installed?) debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline [...] Setting up libkrb5support0 (1.8.3+dfsg-1) ... Setting up libk5crypto3 (1.8.3+dfsg-1) ... Setting up libkrb5-3 (1.8.3+dfsg-1) ... Setting up libgssapi-krb5-2 (1.8.3+dfsg-1) ... Setting up dctrl-tools (2.14.3) ... Setting up libsvn1 (1.6.12dfsg-2) ... Setting up subversion (1.6.12dfsg-2) ... Setting up linux-base (2.6.36~rc6-1~experimental.1) ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Gnome debconf: (Unable to load Gnome -- is libgnome2-perl installed?) debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline [...] I don't know whether any of the packages in the upgrade would have asked me something or not. Not even the Readline interface was provided in the terminal. Regards, Zoran --- System information. --- Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-trunk-686 Debian Release: squeeze/sid 700 testing security.debian.org 700 testing debian.iskon.hr 500 squeeze www.lamaresh.net 400 stable debian.iskon.hr 400 stable deb.opera.com 300 unstable www.debian-multimedia.org 300 unstable debian.iskon.hr 200 experimental debian.iskon.hr --- Package information. --- Depends (Version) | Installed =====================================-+-============== python | 2.6.5-13 python-support (>= 0.90.0) | 1.0.10 gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2) | 2.28.1-4 update-manager-core (= 0.200.4-1) | 0.200.4-1 python-gconf | 2.28.1-1 python-dbus | 0.83.1-1 python-gtk2 | 2.17.0-4 gksu | 2.0.2-3 python-gobject (>= 2.16.1) | 2.21.4+is.2.21.3-1 python-vte | 1:0.24.3-1 Package's Recommends field is empty. Suggests (Version) | Installed ======================================-+-=========== update-notifier | 0.99.3debian6 software-properties-gtk | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

