[Pkg-ltsp-devel] Bug#552031: Configuration of ldm-server during install hangs

[David Steiner]

Package: ldm-server
Version: 2:2.0.48-1
Severity: normal


I was installing ltsp-server-standalone. During the installation it stopped responding at:
Setting up debootstrap (1.0.20) ...
Setting up ldm-server (2:2.0.48-1) ...

Looks like a process turned into a Zombie:

ps aux | grep ldm
root      3944  0.0  0.2  10876  4280 pts/1    S<s+ 21:24   0:00 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 10 --configure libssh2-1 libcurl3 curl libconfig-file-perl libapt-pkg-perl liblist-moreutils-perl apt-file binutils libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 dbus debconf-utils defoma dhcp3-server ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra ttf-dejavu fontconfig-config libfontconfig1 fontconfig libfuse2 fuse-utils libasound2 libavutil49 libdirac-encoder0 libfaad2 libgsm1 libopenjpeg2 liboil0.3 libschroedinger-1.0-0 libspeex1 libogg0 libtheora0 libvorbis0a libvorbisenc2 libavcodec52 libcelt0 libsamplerate0 libjack0 libasyncns0 libflac8 libice6 libsm6 libsndfile1 libxtst6 libpulse0 libasound2-plugins libsysfs2 tsconf libts-0.0-0 libdirectfb-1.2-0 libpixman-1-0 libpng12-0 libxcb-render0 libxcb-render-util0 libxrender1 libcairo2 libdatrie1 libfile-copy-recursive-perl libfont-freetype-perl libfontenc1 libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-data libobparser21 libpango1.0-common libthai-data libthai0 libxft2 libpango1.0-0 libobrender21 libxcb-atom1 libxcb-aux0 libxcb-event1 libstartup-notification0 libxfont1 libxinerama1 libxrandr2 ltspfs menu nbd-server nfs-kernel-server openbox openbox-themes update-inetd openbsd-inetd shared-mime-info squashfs-tools xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils x-ttcidfont-conf debootstrap ldm-server ltsp-docs ltsp-server tftpd-hpa ltsp-server-standalone
root      4644  0.0  0.5  53324 11064 pts/1    S<+  21:24   0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/ldm-server.postinst configure 
root      4650  0.0  0.0      0     0 pts/1    Z<+  21:24   0:00 [ldm-server.post] <defunct>

After purging ltsp-standalone and reinstalling it seems to configure, without hanging.

A different issue is that ndb-server doesn't start, with the following message:
Setting up nbd-server (1:2.9.14-1) ...
Adding system user `nbd' (UID 105) ...
Adding new group `nbd' (GID 108) ...
Adding new user `nbd' (UID 105) with group `nbd' ...
Not creating home directory `/etc/nbd-server'.

** (process:4331): WARNING **: Could not parse config file: Could not open config file /etc/nbd-server/config.
** Message: Nothing to do! Bye!
 nbd-server.

I'm trying to get Swap over NBD to work. Should I add a config file or is LTSP suppose to do this automatically?
Thanks for your work.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages ldm-server depends on:
pn  openbsd-inetd | inet-superser <none>     (no description available)
ii  openssh-server                1:5.1p1-8  secure shell server, an rshd repla
ii  python                        2.5.4-2    An interactive high-level object-o
pn  update-inetd                  <none>     (no description available)
ii  x11-common                    1:7.4+4    X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc

Versions of packages ldm-server recommends:
pn  gnome-session | x-session-man <none>     (no description available)
ii  libasound2-plugins            1.0.21-1   ALSA library additional plugins
pn  ltspfs                        <none>     (no description available)
ii  xauth                         1:1.0.3-2  X authentication utility

ldm-server suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information