package fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Punksmurf]

1) OS Version: Ubuntu 10.04
2) Version of package:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy fglrx
fglrx:
  Installed: 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu5
  Candidate: 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu5 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:8.723.1-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Packages
3) I expected: A painless installation of the FGLRX driver.
4) I got instead: A failure, package failed to install.

I had some trouble installing this driver on 10.10 and read about problems with it, so I tried to step back a bit to 10.04. First installed it on a 1GB stick without persistence, the driver seemed to install fine though it asked me to reboot which is of course kind of pointless without persistent storage.

I put the live image on a 4GB stick with 3.1GB persistent storage. I tried the installation of the driver again, but it failed as you can see here. That's before it got a chance to ask me to reboot.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu5
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 Oct 20 20:50:31 2010
DkmsStatus:

ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
GdmLog1: Error: command ['cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.1'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.1: No such file or directory
GdmLog2: Error: command ['cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.2'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.2: No such file or directory
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
MachineType: Acer Aspire M5100
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
Title: package fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dmi.bios.date: 02/23/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: R02-B2
dmi.board.name: F690GVM
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrR02-B2:bd02/23/2008:svnAcer:pnAspireM5100:pvrR02-B2:rvnAcer:rnF690GVM:rvr:cvnAcer:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Aspire M5100
dmi.product.version: R02-B2
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.32-24-generic

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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 557023, 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.