package samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[kelmark2180]

Binary package hint: samba

Use samba to access ubuntu server on home network. After updates this laptop would not shutdown and I had to reload w/boot. When it tried to re-establish server access it said samba mod did not install.
This laptop is xbuntu10.04.1 LTS
Server = Ubuntu 9.10 (Kbuntu?)
I guess this may have been a permanent share thru smbfs

Don

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 18 14:49:43 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
PackageArchitecture: all
SambaClientRegression: Yes
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Scott Moser (smoser)]

The terminal log shows :
Setting up samba-common (2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1) ...

frontend: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.

dpkg: error processing samba-common (--configure):

 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

I'm wondering if for some reason your X server was not available (maybe you had DISPLAY=:0.0 but no actual display available) or something other situation that caused debconf to attempt to use the X11 backend when that would fail.

I think if you try 'dpkg-reconfigure samba-common' you'll get through that issue.

[kelmark2180 (dwbauer)]

  I'm just a follow the instructions, more technical, than most , allot
less than others guy. I ran the update and recovered through a terminal
session. I first tried the gui update manager and it was attempting to
recover/apply the Samba update and the update asked if was OK to
overwrite my smb.conf. That was a real pita to get out of since my
screen is only 800 X 600 and the window would not allow a re-size and I
could not see options nor complete a reply to the window since I had no
OK or anything to continue on. This was on an old 800 MHz laptop and I
don't have a screen stretcher.

Thanks for looking, I just did the auto whatever it required when the
interrupt occurred. I appreciate your efforts and thanks for a great OS
that has everything I could ever need!
Don

On 08/19/2010 12:19 PM, Scott Moser wrote:
> The terminal log shows :
> Setting up samba-common (2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1) ...
>
> frontend: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X
> server :0.0.
>
> dpkg: error processing samba-common (--configure):
>
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
>
>
> I'm wondering if for some reason your X server was not available (maybe you had DISPLAY=:0.0 but no actual display available) or something other situation that caused debconf to attempt to use the X11 backend when that would fail.
>
> I think if you try 'dpkg-reconfigure samba-common' you'll get through
> that issue.
>
> ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

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