package xterm 256-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:

[Siddartha]

Binary package hint: xterm

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xterm 256-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.57-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 7 16:26:37 2011
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.4)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1005HA
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=f2b091b0-4979-4261-8d57-8ab39d8696b4 ro splash vga=771 quiet splash
SourcePackage: xterm
Title: package xterm 256-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
dmi.bios.date: 02/26/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1401
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 1005HA
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.version: x.x
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1401:bd02/26/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1005HA:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1005HA:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
dmi.product.name: 1005HA
dmi.product.version: x.x
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic

[Siddartha (politia-morala-deactivatedaccount)]

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[Julien Cristau (jcristau)]

Not an xterm bug afaict, something broke your alternatives db. No way to know what from the log.

[Siddartha (politia-morala-deactivatedaccount)]

That was a 9.10 distro updating to 10.4. And so far damaged beyond repair. And some call this a stable distro - almost a year later it's unusable.

--- On Mon, 7/2/11, Julien Cristau <email address hidden> wrote:

> From: Julien Cristau <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 714616] Re: package xterm 256-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Monday, 7 February, 2011, 20:04
> Not an xterm bug afaict, something
> broke your alternatives db.  No way
> to know what from the log.
>
> ** Changed in: xterm (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Invalid
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/714616
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> Title:
>   package xterm 256-1ubuntu1 failed to
> install/upgrade:
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