subprocess pre-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault), core dumped

[darcy]

Binary package hint: update-manager

New installation from Kubuntu to upgrade to v7.10 a new version was available in Adept Package Manager.

Error - cound not install /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.22-14-generic_2.6.22.14.52_i386.deb May not be in a usable state.

Distribution upgrade to version 7.10 fails at 12%. while installing.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

Could you please add the content of /var/log/dist-ugprade to this bugreport?

[Ivan Razumov (iarspider)]

Same error as above. File /var/log/dist-upgrade not found, attaching apport.log as containing some revelant information.

[Ivan Razumov (iarspider)]

Adding tar-gzipped contents of /var/crash

[Ivan Razumov (iarspider)]

After running "sudo dpkg --configure -a" (which did something to perl --- and it was a perl script that was crashing), updating the kernel went fine.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for following up. I'm closing this report due to your last comment. Don't hesitate to submit any new bug.