0 size xorg.conf after 20050816 breezy install

[Jørgen Salvesen]

After the installer has fininshed and gdm is to be launched, the resulting
xorg.conf has zero size.

Corresponding error:

Setting up xserver-xorg (6.8.2-49) ...
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model not set. Aborting. Reconfigure
the X server with "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" to correct this problem.
xserver-xorg postinst warning: error while preparing new Xorg X server

The language selected is english and keyboard layout is norwegian

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

This is caused by /model being auto_answered with a default of '' (empty
string). I would expect validate_string_db_input to catch this, since
MAY_BE_NULL is empty:

MAY_BE_NULL= auto_answer validate_string_db_input "$(priority_ceil $PRIORITY)"
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model "$DEFAULT"

but it doesn't:

+ auto_answer validate_string_db_input medium
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model ''
+ '[' 4 -ne 4 ']'
+ INPUT_COMMAND=validate_string_db_input
+ PRIORITY=medium
+ TEMPLATE=xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model
+ DEFAULT_ANSWER=
+ set +e
+ debug_echo 'auto_answer() "validate_string_db_input medium
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model" with default ""'
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ '[' '' = user ']'
+ '[' '' = '.*' ']'
+ db_fget xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model seen
+ _db_cmd 'FGET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model' seen
+ echo 'FGET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model' seen
+ IFS='
'
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET=false
+ return 0
+ '[' -z yes ']'
+ '[' false = true ']'
+ debug_echo 'auto_answer: auto-answering with ""'
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ '[' '' = user ']'
+ '[' '' = '.*' ']'
+ db_set xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model ''
+ _db_cmd 'SET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model' ''
+ echo 'SET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model' ''
+ IFS='
'
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET='value set'
+ return 0
+ validate_string_db_input medium
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model+ '[' 2 -ne 2 ']'
+ PRIORITY=medium
+ TEMPLATE=xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model
+ db_get xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model
+ _db_cmd 'GET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model'
+ echo 'GET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model'
+ IFS='
'
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET=
+ return 0
+ SAFE=
+ set +e
+ :
+ db_input medium xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model
+ _db_cmd 'INPUT medium' xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model
+ echo 'INPUT medium' xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model
+ IFS='
'
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET='30 question skipped'
+ return 30
+ '[' 30 -eq 30 ']'
+ break
+ set -e
+ '[' 0 -eq 30 ']'
+ debug_echo 'auto_answer: asking xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model'
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ '[' '' = user ']'
+ '[' '' = '.*' ']'
+ set -e
+ db_go
+ _db_cmd 'GO '
+ echo 'GO '
+ IFS='
'
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET=ok
+ return 0
+ db_get xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model
+ _db_cmd 'GET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model'
+ echo 'GET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model'
+ IFS='
'
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET=
+ return 0
+ debug_echo 'auto_answer: xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model is
""'+ '[' -n '' ']'

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

Created an attachment (id=3256)
patch for 6.8.2-50

Fixed in 6.8.2-50. The fact that MAY_BE_NULL didn't work should still be
investigated, and Daniel should verify that I haven't tripped over any of the
mines in this particular minefield, but this should unblock Colony 3.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

This was fixed long ago, as indicated in comments