I realize I made a mistake choosing Gtk, what I would like to know is how to set the default Frontend to something else.
> Charles Lewis wrote: > > Getting the following debconf frontend errors periodically: > > > > Gtk-WARNING **: Cannot init gtk at > > /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/FrontEnd/Gtk.pm line 53 > > debconf: failed to initialize Gtk frontend > > debconf: falling back to Dialog frontend > > > > This is a minor problem really, but it's annoying because I have looked > > through all the docs & scripts for a place to configure this yet without > > success. Can anyone relieve my ignorance? > > Well, first of all, you shouldn't be trying to use the gtk frontend, as it > has major problems. You were told this when you configured debconf, and you > picked it anyway. > You probably don't have things set up to allow root to run X programs. If > you set DEBCONF_DEBUG=1 in the environment, you can see exactly why the gtk > frontend is failing. > > -- > see shy jo >