gmedia

[TomG]

Binary package hint: gmediaserver

Upgrade installation error

ProblemType: Package
Date: Mon Apr 23 21:26:10 2007
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Package: gmediaserver
SourcePackage: gmediaserver

[stackdump (my-ork)]

I was able to work around this issue by starting gmediaserver in daemon mode before running the de-install.
To do this you will need to edit the default config file: /etc/default/gmediaserver
change this line from 'no' to 'yes'
 GMEDIASERVERRUN=no

cd /etc/init.d/
./gmediaserver start

then start the package removal in synaptic or by using 'dpkg deinstall gmediaserver'
(you may also want to do a 'dpkg purge gmediaserver')

I suppose this means that this is an issue with the pre-removal script where it does not check to see if the process is running before trying to kill it.

I have not tried to install the new version, but I did see another bug floating out there somewhere, ( and I seldom use the software)

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 beta?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.