package samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

[Kevin Loughrey]

I am experimenting with MythBuntu. It has always been a problematic package but usually the issues come from the cantankerous nature of MySQL. Everytime you upgrade to a new version of Ubuntu, you can expect MythBuntu to curl up its toes and stop working so this problem with samba is entirely new (and interesting!).

I have just installed from scratch the latest MythBuntu 12.04. When it went to restart, it failed to reboot but seemed to hang. Holding the power button down killed the machine and then I rebooted it. Having rebooted MythBuntu asked if I wanted to install a range of upgrades, some of which involved a new Linux kernel. On doing this, the upgrade seemed to stall and so I left it and walked away. Some hours later I returned to a perfectly normal screen. I tried to install the DVB hardware driver and it was at this stage it indicated all was not well at the farm. I restarted the machine and on restart was presented with an apport screen. That's why I'm here now.

A constructive suggestion: The apport dialogue asks a number of questions regarding the topology, ie, are you using a samba server. It then asks about cifs. Not many Newbies know that cifs is the Microsoft way of handling server message blocks over the network. It might be better to put the questions into a more "newbie" friendly phraseology. For example, "Are you connected to a server that looks like a Microsoft Windows server?"

Hope what I have given you is helpful. (Oh and whether is spelt as so... not weather... right now though it's raining! chuckle... thank you all for your terrific efforts. They are very much appreciated.) Kevin Loughrey

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 1 17:42:04 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationMedia: Mythbuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
SambaClientRegression: Yes
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Hi Kevin, great report, and great suggestion on the apport stuff. This actually is a duplicate report of a known bug that is pretty much unrelated to samba. However, it would be awesome if you opened that suggestion as a separate report against the samba package with 'apport-bug samba'