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package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #781478 reported by Jamal Ismail on 2011-05-12

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #349469: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	samba (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: samba

1. Ubuntu 11.04 - Natty Narwhal
2. apt-get
3. installation without errors
4. errors

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
AptOrdering:
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: Remove
samba: Install
man-db: Configure
samba: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 11 21:16:48 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
nautilus 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu13
gvfs 1.8.0-0ubuntu2
SambaClientRegression: Yes
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-12 (0 days ago)

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Jamal Ismail (7thofjuly) wrote on 2011-05-12:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (381 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (42.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (749 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
SambaInstalledVersions.txt Edit (349 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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James Page (james-page) wrote on 2011-05-19:

Setting up man-db (2.5.9-4) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing man-db (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up samba (2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.1) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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James Page (james-page) wrote on 2011-05-19:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

The error message reported in the log file is normally transient; Please try performing the update again.

If the same issue occurs, please try to identify which process is locking the file by running:

sudo fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat

If this returns a result you could try killing the process and completing the update again.

Please update this bug report if this resolves your issue.

Thanks

Changed in samba (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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muddymind (ricardosba) wrote on 2011-06-01:

I'm also having trouble upgrading samba. I'm getting the following output:

Setting up samba (2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.2) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript nmbd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
samba
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The funny thing is that samba is currently working! I tried to remove with purge but after reinstall the same thing happens again when installing (it installs but ends with the same error)