package xserver-xorg 1:7.5 5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[Michael Gunter]

Binary package hint: xorg

see all attachments. fairly fres, fully upgraded Hardy, reboot, proceed to LTS lucid upgrade, then this and console-setup, and then ubuntu-minimal 1.197 install failures (three, so far)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.24-28.81-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-28-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Dec 16 18:16:14 2010
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-96, 96.43.17, 2.6.24-28-generic, i686: installed
 nvidia-96, 96.43.17, 2.6.32-26-generic, i686: installed
ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Lsusb:
 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
MachineType: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=f78edddd-393e-4bd9-86f2-1339995dcf44 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
Title: package xserver-xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dmi.bios.date: 03/19/2002
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: 8363-686A
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvr6.00PG:bd03/19/2002:svnVIATechnologies,Inc.:pnVT8363:pvr:rvn:rn8363-686A:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: VT8363
dmi.sys.vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.24-28-generic

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Reviewing your log files attached to this bug report it seems that a package failed to install due to a segmentation fault in application being used by the package installation process. Unfortunately, this bug report isn't very useful in its current state and a crash report would be much more useful. Could you try recreating this issue by enabling apport to catch the crash report 'sudo service apport start force_start=1' and then trying to install the same package again? This process will create a new bug report so I am marking this one as Invalid. Thanks again for helping out!