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package gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 10

Bug #692789 reported by hendrendl@cox.net on 2010-12-20

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #804821: gdm fails to remove if gdm is the default display manager (and another dm is installed). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gdm (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

When I booted up this morning, my I had lost my gnome windows manager. While working to restore the windows manager I learned that gdm was missing so I used the synaptic package manager to restore this and found this error message.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Dec 20 15:06:24 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 10
Package: gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu2.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-22.70-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Title: package gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 10
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-22-generic i686

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hendrendl@cox.net (hendrendl) wrote on 2010-12-20:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (107 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (5.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (41.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (148.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2011-06-22:

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.