Angus Auld wrote: > > --- On Fri, 2/6/09, Frank McCormick <debianl...@videotron.ca> wrote: > >> From: Frank McCormick <debianl...@videotron.ca> >> Subject: Re: Term not set >> To: l.glidewell.li...@gmail.com >> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 2:11 PM >> L Glidewell wrote: >>> On Thursday 05 February 2009 20:06:54 Frank McCormick >> wrote: >>>> Frank McCormick wrote: >>>>> Lately when the terminal is running in >> update-manager installing >>>>> packages, it says "Term not set" so >> Dialog won't work. It falls back to >>>>> readline. >>>>> How can I fix this? >>>> Nobody ?? >>> Well, the question isn't completely clear. How do >> you run this application, >>> and in what context do you receive this error message? >> >> Simple. Click on update-manager...if there are no updates >> to be >> installed...click on "check". If there are >> updates, click on "Install". >> When the installation begins I presume update-manager runs >> a terminal, >> because that is where I see the message "Term not >> set" >> >> >> How does the terminal >>> run "in" update-manager? Wouldn't it be >> the other way around? >> >> Update-manager is a GTK program...so it'll run from the >> desktop. >> >> What dialogue >>> isn't working? What do you mean by readline? >> Readline I gather is the default the system uses when >> Dialog isn't >> available. > > This has to do with debconf, I sorted this issue by running > "configure-debian", then choosing subsection "admin", then choose program > "debconf", then choose the interface and priority level you want to use. I > use KDE, so naturally I choose the KDE interface.
This is great. Thanks. Never even knew configure-debian existed...but it fixed my problem. Cheers
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