package hal-info 20081124-0ubuntu1~intrepid failed to install/upgrade:

[Ravikumar Achanta]

Binary package hint: hal-info

package hal-info 20081124-0ubuntu1~intrepid failed

Unable to use Update manafer. seriosuly stuck as i need synce-gvfs to be availabel to browse my mobile in nautilus

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: package hal-info is not ready for configuration
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: hal-info 20081124-0ubuntu1~intrepid
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: hal-info
Title: package hal-info 20081124-0ubuntu1~intrepid failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

ravi@ubumac:~$ sudo aptitude install synce-gvfs
[sudo] password for ravi:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
  hal hal-info opensync-plugin-synce synce-hal synce-sync-engine
  xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
dpkg: error processing hal-info (--configure):
 package hal-info is not ready for configuration
 cannot configure (current status `triggers-awaited')
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:221: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
Aborted
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

[Rajinder Sandhu, Bangalore (sandy744-breakthru)]

when updating this report was generated by appart
i reloaded synaptic for updation and there after it wanted to upgrade then this report was generated by appart
Thanks
Rajinder Sandhu
Bangalore

[Schelfhout (schelf404)]

I am not able to reproduce the error on a freshly installed 8.10.
After installing I ran update-manager and let it install all found updates, it did not encounter any problems.
Can you please describe the steps to reproduce this error?
Where you installing a specific package or running an update?
Thank you.

[Rajinder Sandhu, Bangalore (sandy744-breakthru)]

when ever i am upgrading or installing new package same report is getting generated by apport
Please find the report in the attachment
Thanks
Rajinder Sandhu
Bangalore

[Rajinder Sandhu, Bangalore (sandy744-breakthru)]

please find the Apport attachments in bug #305977 as i am unable to reproduce here
Thanks
Rajinder Sandhu
Bangalore

[Rajinder Sandhu, Bangalore (sandy744-breakthru)]

After googling i could find the answer and The bug is fixed by uninstalling the erring packages :

sudo dpkg -r hal hal-info

and then reinstalling them by:

sudo aptitude reinstall

That will solve the problem if any other file is also detected creating problem that also can be removed and reinstalled also
 dpkg --configure -a can be run there after.

The bug is closed
Thanks
Rajinder Sandhu