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msttcorefonts package

package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #783838 reported by Cas Widdershoven on 2011-05-17

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 1 person

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

Bug Description

Binary package hint: msttcorefonts

I think this happened because Wine didn't install properly.
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04, fully updated, on a Lenovo IdeaPad s10-3 (Intel Atom N450, 1 GiB DDR2-memory, Intel GMA 3150, Intel NM10-chipset).

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 16 14:50:17 2011
DpkgTerminalLog:
Preparing to replace ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.3ubuntu3 (using .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.3ubuntu3_all.deb) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.3ubuntu3_all.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413)
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Cas Widdershoven (caswiddershoven) wrote on 2011-05-17:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (381 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (80.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-07-15:

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 349469, 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.