Comment 2 for bug 189538

Have you tried my suggested method? If you at least remember the names
of your databases you should be able to get access to your databases
with the installed 9.5 version. db2's automatic crash recovery should
hopefully do the rest.

Not very funny indeed.

Antony Jones schrieb:
> I would like to agree that this is a very serious problem.
>
> I use db2 for work and have just encountered (after upgrading to 9.5 as
> suggested by ubuntu update) all my existing databases not working, I
> can't reinstall, I can't remove, I'm completely stuck now.
>
> Preparing to replace db2exc 9.5.0-1gutsy1 (using .../db2exc_9.5.0-1gutsy1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement db2exc ...
> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/db2exc_9.5.0-1gutsy1_i386.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/db2exc_9.5.0-1gutsy1_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> I would like to revert back to 9.1.2 or even stick with 9.5, but instead
> I'm stuck completely...
>