package xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 failed to install/upgrade:

[Jesse Noordegraaf]

Binary package hint: dpkg

This is the error I got (see Summary) after waiting for 10.04 to install. The warning dialogue says something about 10.04 failing to install and my system possibly being in an unstable, unusable state. It was rather intimidating, and unfortunately I didn't write down everything exactly. It said something about launching a recovery [console? service? I can't remember], but Firefox interrupted with Launchpad because I had chosen to report the error. Well, I'm submitting this, and then I'm going to see what that Recovery part was all about.

Here is the information that the Ubuntu Guidelines recommend I give:
-Release: System > About Ubuntu tells me 10.04 since the install just went (but apparently failed?). Actually, I guess it's 9.10.
-I don't know the version of the package. I don't actually know what package failed. I'm assuming it was dpkg, since that's what was automatically filled in when I reached this page. (I reached this page via the "Report Problem" button, I think.) If it's dpkg, then "apt-cache policy dpkg" tells me "dpkg:
  Installed: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4
  Candidate: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 1.15.5.6ubuntu4 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
"
-I expected 10.04 to continue with installation
-Instead, I received some errors (see above), and finally ended up at this page, where I'm reporting the issue.

Please note that I am checking the "security vulnerability" checkbox because I received notification that my system may now be unstable.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 29 18:27:08 2010
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-21-generic, i686: installed
 nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.31-20-generic, i686: installed
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: package xserver-xorg-core is already installed and configured
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Lsusb:
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:0a0c Logitech, Inc.
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: MSI MS-7236
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=5594a34c-b94a-435e-afa1-d72cdf83f48a ro vga=795 quiet splash
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 failed to install/upgrade:
dmi.bios.date: 09/11/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080012
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: MS-7236
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 2.2
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080012:bd09/11/2006:svnMSI:pnMS-7236:pvr2.2:rvnMSI:rnMS-7236:rvr2.2:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: MS-7236
dmi.product.version: 2.2
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic

[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 572566, 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.
The grub issue has already been reported.
Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.