lirc: Fails to install: freezes in the ``Please select a driver'' config dialog

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Automatically imported from Debian bug report #269833 http://bugs.debian.org/269833

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Automatically imported from Debian bug report #269833 http://bugs.debian.org/269833

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

Warty doesn't include these bits of lirc

[Riku Voipio (nhippi)]

tags 269833 + help moreinfo
thanks

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 21:14:44 +0200, Jan Minar <email address hidden> wrote:
> I was trying to install lirc, and it got stuck in the ``Please select a
> driver, that supports your hardware'' dialog: It's not possible to move
> the cursor inside the dialog by cursor keys or <Tab>. This is the
> dialog debconf frontend.

This is a hard nut. It looks like debconf or dialog bug, but It might as well be
a somthing related to the autodetection black magic scripts of hardware modules
of lirc...

Can you try

1) installing with noninteractive/readline frontend (dpkg-reconfigure debconf)
2) what serial/parallel/other lirc-related drivers does your kernel
have compiled/as modules? do you see anything in dmesg/syslog when
configuring lirc after a fresh boot?
3) I see you are using testing - can you try the lirc package from unstable?
>Debian Release: 3.1
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (500, 'testing')

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:39:46 +0300
From: Riku Voipio <email address hidden>
To: Jan Minar <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#269833: lirc: Fails to install: freezes in the ``Please select a driver'' config
 dialog

tags 269833 + help moreinfo
thanks

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 21:14:44 +0200, Jan Minar <email address hidden> wrote:
> I was trying to install lirc, and it got stuck in the ``Please select a
> driver, that supports your hardware'' dialog: It's not possible to move
> the cursor inside the dialog by cursor keys or <Tab>. This is the
> dialog debconf frontend.

This is a hard nut. It looks like debconf or dialog bug, but It might as well be
a somthing related to the autodetection black magic scripts of hardware modules
of lirc...

Can you try

1) installing with noninteractive/readline frontend (dpkg-reconfigure debconf)
2) what serial/parallel/other lirc-related drivers does your kernel
have compiled/as modules? do you see anything in dmesg/syslog when
configuring lirc after a fresh boot?
3) I see you are using testing - can you try the lirc package from unstable?
>Debian Release: 3.1
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (500, 'testing')

[picca frederic (piccaf)]

I found the problem :)

in fact in the setup.sh file
ther is a ligne with:
". setup-device.sh" or setup-hardware.sh I can not remember

you juste have to add ./ in front of setup-[device/hardware].sh
like this

". ./setup-device.sh"

Now you can access the menu

Good luck

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:50:39 +0200
From: picca frederic <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: problem with the menu

I found the problem :)

in fact in the setup.sh file
ther is a ligne with:
". setup-device.sh" or setup-hardware.sh I can not remember

you juste have to add ./ in front of setup-[device/hardware].sh
like this

". ./setup-device.sh"

Now you can access the menu

Good luck

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12 Avenue Esclangon
38610 Gi=E8res
tel: [phone]
email: <email address hidden>

[Amaya Rodrigo (amaya)]

Hi there,

picca frederic wrote:
> I found the problem :)
>
> in fact in the setup.sh file ther is a ligne with:
> ". setup-device.sh" or setup-hardware.sh I can not remember
>
> you juste have to add ./ in front of setup-[device/hardware].sh like
> this
>
> ". ./setup-device.sh"
>
> Now you can access the menu

Could you be a little more specific? which line of the file is that
precisely?

Thanks in advance!

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: :' :
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Message-ID: <20040925181445.GA22463@aenima>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:14:45 +0200
From: Amaya <email address hidden>
To: picca frederic <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#269833: problem with the menu

Hi there,

picca frederic wrote:
> I found the problem :)
>
> in fact in the setup.sh file ther is a ligne with:
> ". setup-device.sh" or setup-hardware.sh I can not remember
>
> you juste have to add ./ in front of setup-[device/hardware].sh like
> this
>
> ". ./setup-device.sh"
>
> Now you can access the menu

Could you be a little more specific? which line of the file is that
precisely?

Thanks in advance!

--
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: :' :
`. `' Proudly running Debian GNU/Linux (Sid 2.6.6 Ext3)
  `- www.amayita.com www.malapecora.com www.chicasduras.com

[Amaya Rodrigo (amaya)]

tags 269833 testing
thanks

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Message-ID: <20041002174658.GH2968@aenima>
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 19:46:58 +0200
From: Amaya <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: #269833 applies to Testing (sarge)

tags 269833 testing
thanks

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[Jan Minar (jjminar)]

On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 03:39:46PM +0300, Riku Voipio wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 21:14:44 +0200, Jan Minar <email address hidden> wrote:
> > I was trying to install lirc, and it got stuck in the ``Please select a
> > driver, that supports your hardware'' dialog: It's not possible to move
> > the cursor inside the dialog by cursor keys or <Tab>. This is the
> > dialog debconf frontend.
>
> This is a hard nut. It looks like debconf or dialog bug, but It might as well be
> a somthing related to the autodetection black magic scripts of hardware modules
> of lirc...
>
> Can you try
>
> 1) installing with noninteractive/readline frontend (dpkg-reconfigure debconf)

Ah, here we go: Even with the `readline' or `editor' frontend selected,
a ``Select your driver'' *dialog* appears 8-)) For `noninteractive',
even the first question appears as a dialog window.

However, the Linux virtual terminal works OK (with the dialog frontend).
OTOH, Eterm (my primary platform), xterm, and rxvt do not work. Setting
TERM=Eterm in the Linux VT or TERM=linux in Eterm does not have any
effect (apart from the line graphics being displayed incorrectly).

> 2) what serial/parallel/other lirc-related drivers does your kernel
> have compiled/as modules? do you see anything in dmesg/syslog when
> configuring lirc after a fresh boot?

(a) modules loaded:

Module Size Used by Tainted: PF
[unrelated modules leaved out]
parport_pc 21224 1 (autoclean)
lp 6464 0 (autoclean)
parport 22944 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
ds 6464 2
yenta_socket 9476 2
pcmcia_core 37376 0 [ds yenta_socket]

serial is compiled in, IIRC.

(b) dmesg and syslog say nothing (not a fresh boot, though)

> 3) I see you are using testing - can you try the lirc package from unstable?

Unstable does not work, either.

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 12:25:26 +0200
From: Jan Minar <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#269833: lirc: Fails to install: freezes in the ``Please select a driver'' config
 dialog

On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 03:39:46PM +0300, Riku Voipio wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 21:14:44 +0200, Jan Minar <email address hidden> wrote:
> > I was trying to install lirc, and it got stuck in the ``Please select a
> > driver, that supports your hardware'' dialog: It's not possible to move
> > the cursor inside the dialog by cursor keys or <Tab>. This is the
> > dialog debconf frontend.
>
> This is a hard nut. It looks like debconf or dialog bug, but It might as well be
> a somthing related to the autodetection black magic scripts of hardware modules
> of lirc...
>
> Can you try
>
> 1) installing with noninteractive/readline frontend (dpkg-reconfigure debconf)

Ah, here we go: Even with the `readline' or `editor' frontend selected,
a ``Select your driver'' *dialog* appears 8-)) For `noninteractive',
even the first question appears as a dialog window.

However, the Linux virtual terminal works OK (with the dialog frontend).
OTOH, Eterm (my primary platform), xterm, and rxvt do not work. Setting
TERM=Eterm in the Linux VT or TERM=linux in Eterm does not have any
effect (apart from the line graphics being displayed incorrectly).

> 2) what serial/parallel/other lirc-related drivers does your kernel
> have compiled/as modules? do you see anything in dmesg/syslog when
> configuring lirc after a fresh boot?

(a) modules loaded:

Module Size Used by Tainted: PF
[unrelated modules leaved out]
parport_pc 21224 1 (autoclean)
lp 6464 0 (autoclean)
parport 22944 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
ds 6464 2
yenta_socket 9476 2
pcmcia_core 37376 0 [ds yenta_socket]

serial is compiled in, IIRC.

(b) dmesg and syslog say nothing (not a fresh boot, though)

> 3) I see you are using testing - can you try the lirc package from unstable?

Unstable does not work, either.

[Riku Voipio (riku-voipio)]

severity important
thanks

> I found the problem :)

> in fact in the setup.sh file
> ther is a ligne with:
> ". setup-device.sh" or setup-hardware.sh I can not remember

> you juste have to add ./ in front of setup-[device/hardware].sh
> like this

> ". ./setup-device.sh"

This doesn't make sense. We do not ship a script called setup-device.sh
or setup-hardware.sh.

> However, the Linux virtual terminal works OK (with the dialog frontend).
> OTOH, Eterm (my primary platform), xterm, and rxvt do not work. Setting
> TERM=Eterm in the Linux VT or TERM=linux in Eterm does not have any
> effect (apart from the line graphics being displayed incorrectly).

I can't reproduce this with Eterm, xterm nor rxvt either. In any case,
this does not seem like a widespread problem.

[Riku Voipio (riku-voipio)]

severity 269833 important
thanks

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:41:27 +0300
From: Riku Voipio <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>
Subject: Bug#269833: lirc: Fails to install: freezes in the ``Please select a driver'' config dialog

severity important
thanks

> I found the problem :)

> in fact in the setup.sh file
> ther is a ligne with:
> ". setup-device.sh" or setup-hardware.sh I can not remember

> you juste have to add ./ in front of setup-[device/hardware].sh
> like this

> ". ./setup-device.sh"

This doesn't make sense. We do not ship a script called setup-device.sh
or setup-hardware.sh.

> However, the Linux virtual terminal works OK (with the dialog frontend).
> OTOH, Eterm (my primary platform), xterm, and rxvt do not work. Setting
> TERM=Eterm in the Linux VT or TERM=linux in Eterm does not have any
> effect (apart from the line graphics being displayed incorrectly).

I can't reproduce this with Eterm, xterm nor rxvt either. In any case,
this does not seem like a widespread problem.

[Debian Bug Importer (debzilla)]

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:16:13 +0300
From: Riku Voipio <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: I suck

severity 269833 important
thanks

[Amaya Rodrigo (amaya)]

Source: lirc
Source-Version: 0.7.1pre1-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lirc, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

liblircclient-dev_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/l/lirc/liblircclient-dev_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
liblircclient0_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/l/lirc/liblircclient0_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
lirc-modules-source_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/l/lirc/lirc-modules-source_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
lirc-svga_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/l/lirc/lirc-svga_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
lirc-x_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/l/lirc/lirc-x_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
lirc_0.7.1pre1-2.diff.gz
  to pool/main/l/lirc/lirc_0.7.1pre1-2.diff.gz
lirc_0.7.1pre1-2.dsc
  to pool/main/l/lirc/lirc_0.7.1pre1-2.dsc
lirc_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/l/lirc/lirc_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Amaya Rodrigo Sastre <email address hidden> (supplier of updated lirc package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing <email address hidden>)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Format: 1.7
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:29:15 +0100
Source: lirc
Binary: liblircclient-dev liblircclient0 lirc-svga lirc lirc-modules-source lirc-x
Architecture: source i386
Version: 0.7.1pre1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Amaya Rodrigo Sastre <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Amaya Rodrigo Sastre <email address hidden>
Description:
 liblircclient-dev - development files for LIRC client library
 liblircclient0 - LIRC client library
 lirc - Linux Infra-red Remote Control support
 lirc-modules-source - Linux Infra-red Remote Control support (kernel modules)
 lirc-svga - Linux Infra-red Remote Control support (svgalib dependent parts)
 lirc-x - Linux Infra-red Remote Control support (X dependent parts)
Closes: 218888 221023 246112 250570 256986 269833 287328 292043 292637 293091
Changes:
 lirc (0.7.1pre1-2) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * The "And when it rains, it poures" Release.
   * Fixed the nasty "setup-driver.sh not found" bug, again. This fix also
     should fix the debconf freeze (Closes: #269833, #292637, #293091)
     Thanks to Chris Boyle <email address hidden> for spotting the fix.
   * Included patch from "Eloy A. Paris" <email address hidden> (Closes: #292043)
     so that lirc_dev gets shipped.
   * Partially included patch for Makefile from Yann Rouillard
     <email address hidden> (Closes: #246112, #287328, ) so that correct
     modules and symbols get installed for 2.6.x kernels.
   * Improved paths in README.Debian (Closes: #218888).
   * Suggest just kernel-source and not headers (Closes: #250570).
   * It now builds with 2.6 kernels (Closes: #221023). I'm terrible with lirc
     bugs housekeeping :)
   * Newewst upstream versions fix i2c build problems ...

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 13:32:39 -0500
From: Amaya Rodrigo Sastre <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Bug#269833: fixed in lirc 0.7.1pre1-2

Source: lirc
Source-Version: 0.7.1pre1-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lirc, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

liblircclient-dev_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/l/lirc/liblircclient-dev_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
liblircclient0_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/l/lirc/liblircclient0_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
lirc-modules-source_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/l/lirc/lirc-modules-source_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
lirc-svga_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/l/lirc/lirc-svga_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
lirc-x_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/l/lirc/lirc-x_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
lirc_0.7.1pre1-2.diff.gz
  to pool/main/l/lirc/lirc_0.7.1pre1-2.diff.gz
lirc_0.7.1pre1-2.dsc
  to pool/main/l/lirc/lirc_0.7.1pre1-2.dsc
lirc_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/l/lirc/lirc_0.7.1pre1-2_i386.deb

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Amaya Rodrigo Sastre <email address hidden> (supplier of updated lirc package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing <email address hidden>)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Format: 1.7
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:29:15 +0100
Source: lirc
Binary: liblircclient-dev liblircclient0 lirc-svga lirc lirc-modules-source lirc-x
Architecture: source i386
Version: 0.7.1pre1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Amaya Rodrigo Sastre <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Amaya Rodrigo Sastre <email address hidden>
Description:
 liblircclient-dev - development files for LIRC client library
 liblircclient0 - LIRC client library
 lirc - Linux Infra-red Remote Control support
 lirc-modules-source - Linux Infra-red Remote Control support (kernel modules)
 lirc-svga - Linux Infra-red Remote Control support (svgalib dependent parts)
 lirc-x - Linux Infra-red Remote Control support (X dependent parts)
Closes: 218888 221023 246112 250570 256986 269833 287328 292043 292637 293091
Changes:
 lirc (0.7.1pre1-2) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * The "And when it rains, it poures" Release.
   * Fixed the nasty "setup-driver.sh not found" bug, again. This fix also
     should fix the debconf freeze (Closes: #269833, #292637, #293091)
     Thanks to Chris Boyle <email address hidden> for spotting the fix.
   * Included patch from "Eloy A. Paris" <email address hidden> (Closes: #292043)
     so that lirc_dev gets shipped.
   * Partially included patch for Makefile from Yann Rouillard
     <email address hidden> (Closes: #246112, #287328, ) so that correct
     modules and symbols get installed for 2.6.x kernels.
   * Improved paths in README.Debian (Closes: #218888).
   * Sugg...