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

Bug #963034 reported by L3xpert on 2012-03-23

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
	openssh (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

System info:
AMD 8120
32 GB Ram
Gigabyte 970a-UD3 systemboard

1. Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS running as VM on ESXi 5

2. ssh:
  Installed: 1:5.3p1-3ubuntu7
  Candidate: 1:5.3p1-3ubuntu7
  Version table:
*** 1:5.3p1-3ubuntu7 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:5.3p1-3ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

3. Install SSH package

4. Package failed to install and further attempts to install failed as well.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: openssh-server (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-28.55-generic 2.6.32.27+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-28-generic x86_64
AptOrdering:
openssh-server: Install
ssh: Install
openssh-server: Configure
ssh: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 22 22:00:49 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.1)
SourcePackage: openssh
Title: package openssh-server (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

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L3xpert (l3xpert) wrote on 2012-03-23:

Df.txt Edit (534 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (66.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (10.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2012-03-24:

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.