On Thursday 02 November 2006 16:23, Florian Kulzer wrote: > OK, so at least we know that it hangs in the post-installation script. > This script is located at /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xorg.postinst but > unfortunately it is quite complicated. You can check /var/log/dpkg.log, > but it will probably only tell you that this script is run and give no > further information or error messages. You can try to edit the script > and change the line "set -e" (directly after the comment header) to > > set -xe > > The commands which are executed when the script is run will be echoed to > stdout with this setting. Maybe that will give you a clue where/why it > hangs if you try the upgrade again.
With set -xe, it seems to freeze after this portion of the output: ++ UPSTREAM_VERSION=7.1.0 ++ CMD='discover --type-summary display' ++ eval discover --type-summary display +++ discover --type-summary display That's the last line of output. If I try to reinstall discover, however, aptitude simply tries to install xorg again and it freezes again. apt-get does the same. There's also no change if I do an aptitude clean and then try to download the package again. > Maybe the postinst script gets stuck because some other xorg package is > not installed properly; you might want to run > > aptitude search '~b' > > to check for further broken packages. Well, that finds a whole bunch that have a status of B. Joy. :-) Some are KDE packages, which seem to be working fine nonetheless. None look like something that xorg should be depending on. I also tried just now uninstalling xserver-xorg completely (and its half-dozen or so dependencies) and reinstalling them. Once again, it freezes in exactly the same place. If I uninstall it again and try to install discover, it's already at the latest version. I then tried installing xorg again, this time specifying testing as the release. It ignored me and installed the sid version again, which once again broke. I am still confused. :-( > I could also imagine that closing down X might help to get the upgrade > through. However, I realize that you are reluctant to do this and I > cannot promise you that X will start again after such an experiment. After my testing above, I'm fairly sure it would die a horrible death. :-) -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
