package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 3

[thewinchester]

Package install failure occurred whilst using the Update manager (System > Update Manager).

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.57-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 26 04:14:12 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
NmbdLog:

OtherFailedConnect: Yes
SambaServerRegression: Yes
SmbConfIncluded: Yes
SmbLog:

SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[thewinchester (michael-harris)]

Further, output when attempting to repair the package repository:
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root@grill:/home/michaelh# apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  nspluginwrapper
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  samba
Suggested packages:
  openbsd-inetd inet-superserver smbldap-tools ldb-tools
The following packages will be upgraded:
  samba
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/8,198 kB of archives.
After this operation, 28.7 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 232620 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 (using .../samba_2%3a3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.4_amd64.deb) ...
PID file /var/run/mediaserver.pid not found, stopping server anyway...
twonkymedia: no process found

invoke-rc.d: initscript nmbd, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
PID file /var/run/mediaserver.pid not found, stopping server anyway...
twonkymedia: no process found

invoke-rc.d: initscript nmbd, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/samba_2%3a3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/smbstatus.samba3 to provide /usr/bin/smbstatus (smbstatus) in auto mode.
Starting /usr/local/twonkymedia/twonkymedia ... Daemonizing...

TwonkyMedia server seems already be running under PID 7106
(PID file /var/run/mediaserver.pid already exists). Checking for process...
Process IS running. Not started again.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/samba_2%3a3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.4_amd64.deb
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/locale: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/man: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/gnome/help: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/omf: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML: 0 KiB

Total disk space freed by localepurge: 0 KiB

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Reviewing your log files attached to this bug report it seems that a package failed to install due to a segmentation fault in application being used by the package installation process. Unfortunately, this bug report isn't very useful in its current state and a crash report would be much more useful. Could you try recreating this issue by enabling apport to catch the crash report 'sudo service apport start force_start=1' and then trying to install the same package again? This process will create a new bug report so I am marking this one as Invalid. Thanks again for helping out!

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