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package apport 1.20.1-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #767643 reported by Crimbo on 2011-04-20

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #767498: package apport 1.20.1-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apport (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: apport

Update manager crashed on installing this package.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: apport 1.20.1-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
ApportLog:

Architecture: amd64
CrashReports:
0:1000:1000:584675:2011-04-19 07:38:21.415180510 +0100:2011-04-19 07:38:20.435180510 +0100:/var/crash/_usr_bin_nautilus.1000.crash
600:0:0:562436:2011-04-20 21:17:06.132138000 +0100:2011-04-20 21:17:20.082138491 +0100:/var/crash/apport.0.crash
Date: Wed Apr 20 21:17:06 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
Title: package apport 1.20.1-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Crimbo (ckhatton) wrote on 2011-04-20:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (643 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (526 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (63.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (3.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Joshua Lückers (joshualuckers) wrote on 2011-04-20:

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 #767498, 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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James Kemp (james+ubuntu) wrote on 2011-04-20:

Same with me, using apt-get on command line.

Setting up apport (1.20.1-0ubuntu3) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript apport, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing apport (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apport-gtk:
apport-gtk depends on apport (>= 0.41); however:
Package apport is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apport-gtk (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates it's a follow-up error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
apport
apport-gtk
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)