package wine1.2 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255

[Tommy]

Binary package hint: wine1.2

tommy@tommy-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install wine1.2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  lib32nss-mdns ttf-symbol-replacement ttf-tahoma-replacement winbind wine1.2-gecko
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  lib32nss-mdns ttf-symbol-replacement ttf-tahoma-replacement winbind wine1.2 wine1.2-gecko
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 22.3MB of archives.
After this operation, 99.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe ttf-symbol-replacement 1.1.31-0ubuntu3 [52.9kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe ttf-tahoma-replacement 1.1.31-0ubuntu3 [90.1kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe lib32nss-mdns 0.10-3ubuntu3 [17.1kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe wine1.2 1.1.31-0ubuntu3 [9,275kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse wine1.2-gecko 1.0.0-0ubuntu3 [8,123kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main winbind 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.1 [4,779kB]
Fetched 22.3MB in 37s (596kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package ttf-symbol-replacement.
(Reading database ... 158712 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ttf-symbol-replacement (from .../ttf-symbol-replacement_1.1.31-0ubuntu3_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package ttf-tahoma-replacement.
Unpacking ttf-tahoma-replacement (from .../ttf-tahoma-replacement_1.1.31-0ubuntu3_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package lib32nss-mdns.
Unpacking lib32nss-mdns (from .../lib32nss-mdns_0.10-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wine1.2.
Unpacking wine1.2 (from .../wine1.2_1.1.31-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wine1.2-gecko.
Unpacking wine1.2-gecko (from .../wine1.2-gecko_1.0.0-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package winbind.
Unpacking winbind (from .../winbind_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Setting up ttf-symbol-replacement (1.1.31-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up ttf-tahoma-replacement (1.1.31-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up lib32nss-mdns (0.10-3ubuntu3) ...

Setting up wine1.2 (1.1.31-0ubuntu3) ...
kernel.printk = 4 4 1 7
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
vm.mmap_min_addr = 0
net.core.rmem_max = 8388608
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 1048576 8388608
net.core.wmem_max = 8388608
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 1048576 8388608
net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 8388608 8388608 8388608
net.core.optmem_max = 40960
net.ipv4.tcp_max_tw_buckets = 360000
error: "net.core.hot_list_length" is an unknown key
net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 1024
net.ipv4.tcp_reordering = 5
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_sack = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 1200
net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout = 25
net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians = 1
net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians = 1
net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_redirects = 0
net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0
net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0
net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
dpkg: error processing wine1.2 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Setting up wine1.2-gecko (1.0.0-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up winbind (2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.1) ...
 * Starting the Winbind daemon winbind [ OK ]

Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 wine1.2
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
tommy@tommy-laptop:~$ dpkg -i wine1.2
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
tommy@tommy-laptop:~$

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Dec 30 18:40:15 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: wine1.2 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: wine1.2
Title: package wine1.2 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 447197, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.