package empathy 2.26.1-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso post-installation script devolvi? el c?digo de salida de error 139

[Esteban Sanchez]

Binary package hint: empathy

dpkg says:

Setting up empathy (2.26.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Segmentation fault
dpkg: error processing empathy (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139

I cannot uninstall or remove it either.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: el subproceso post-installation script devolvió el código de salida de error 139
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: empathy 2.26.1-1ubuntu1
SourcePackage: empathy
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Title: package empathy 2.26.1-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso post-installation script devolvió el código de salida de error 139
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic i686

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue is not due to empathy

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

This looks like a hardware issue. If it's still an issue, could you run memtest on your system? (boot a live CD / USB key and select test memory)
Thanks in advance.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

 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!