Synaptic crashes during Installing software

[Fabio B]

Binary package hint: nagios3

Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Error message: Error in package /var/cache/apt/archives/nagios3-common_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.2_all.deb
I expect normal installation, but there's the "Applying Changes" window freezed so I need to kill the Synaptic processes manually

$ ps -ef | grep nagios
root 28909 28635 0 10:27 pts/9 00:00:01 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 43 --unpack --auto-deconfigure /var/cache/apt/archives/libcompress-raw-zlib-perl_2.011-2ubuntu0.1_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libvlc0_0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3.3_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/vlc-data_0.9.4-1ubuntu3.2_all.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libvlccore0_0.9.4-1ubuntu3.2_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libvlc2_0.9.4-1ubuntu3.2_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/nagios2-doc_2.11-1ubuntu1.5_all.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/nagios2-common_2.11-1ubuntu1.5_all.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/nagios3-doc_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.2_all.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/nagios3_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.2_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/nagios3-common_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.2_all.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/vlc-plugin-pulse_0.9.4-1ubuntu3.2_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/vlc_0.9.4-1ubuntu3.2_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/vlc-nox_0.9.4-1ubuntu3.2_i386.deb
root 29132 28909 0 10:27 pts/9 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/nagios3-common.postinst abort-upgrade 3.0.2-1ubuntu1.2
root 29152 29132 0 10:27 pts/9 00:00:00 [nagios3-common.] <defunct>
nagios 29207 1 0 10:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/nagios3 -d /etc/nagios3/nagios.cfg

Installation log:
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Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 278109 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace perl-modules 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.2 (using .../perl-modules_5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.3_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement perl-modules ...
Preparing to replace perl-suid 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.2 (using .../perl-suid_5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement perl-suid ...
Preparing to replace libperl5.10 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.2 (using .../libperl5.10_5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libperl5.10 ...
Preparing to replace perl 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.2 (using .../perl_5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement perl ...
Preparing to replace perl-base 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.2 (using .../perl-base_5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement perl-base ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up perl-base (5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.3) ...
(Reading database ... 278109 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libcompress-raw-zlib-perl 2.011-2build1 (using .../libcompress-raw-zlib-perl_2.011-2ubuntu0.1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libcompress-raw-zlib-perl ...
Preparing to replace libvlc0 0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3.2 (using .../libvlc0_0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3.3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libvlc0 ...
Preparing to replace vlc-data 0.9.4-1ubuntu3.1 (using .../vlc-data_0.9.4-1ubuntu3.2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement vlc-data ...
Preparing to replace libvlccore0 0.9.4-1ubuntu3.1 (using .../libvlccore0_0.9.4-1ubuntu3.2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libvlccore0 ...
Preparing to replace libvlc2 0.9.4-1ubuntu3.1 (using .../libvlc2_0.9.4-1ubuntu3.2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libvlc2 ...
Preparing to replace nagios2-doc 2.11-1ubuntu1.4 (using .../nagios2-doc_2.11-1ubuntu1.5_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement nagios2-doc ...
Preparing to replace nagios2-common 2.11-1ubuntu1.4 (using .../nagios2-common_2.11-1ubuntu1.5_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement nagios2-common ...
Preparing to replace nagios3-doc 3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1 (using .../nagios3-doc_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement nagios3-doc ...
Preparing to replace nagios3 3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1 (using .../nagios3_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.2_i386.deb) ...
 * Stopping nagios3 monitoring daemon nagios3

   ...done.
Unpacking replacement nagios3 ...
Preparing to replace nagios3-common 3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1 (using .../nagios3-common_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.2_all.deb) ...
 * Stopping nagios3 monitoring daemon nagios3
/sbin/start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 6840: No such process
invoke-rc.d: initscript nagios3, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
 * Stopping nagios3 monitoring daemon nagios3
/sbin/start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 6840: No such process
invoke-rc.d: initscript nagios3, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/nagios3-common_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.2_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
 * Starting nagios3 monitoring daemon nagios3
kill: 1: No such process

   ...done.
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ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
Package: nagios3-common 3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: nagios3
Title: package nagios3-common 3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-14-generic i686

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

Is this still a problem for you?

Regards
chuck

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

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