package debconf 1.5.14 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)

[Jonathan Jesse]

Binary package hint: debconf

Ran problems with the upgrade manager and still trying to recover system. Get this crash each time computer reboots

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Sep 28 13:56:22 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault), core dumped
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: debconf 1.5.14
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: debconf
Title: package debconf 1.5.14 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux jjesse-laptop02 2.6.22-12-generic #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 18:11:30 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[VincentRC (vreneco1)]

Same problem for me today, I was updating my gutsy system.

[Jon Wooten (jmwooten)]

VincentRC wrote:
> Same problem for me today, I was updating my gutsy system.
>
>
I rebooted after the install problem and now I have no GUI, just command
line. Any ideas how to get the GUI back? I could just reinstall the
whole thing I suppose. I would like to keep my /home file if possible
even if it meant dropping it to a disk for something.

[Marco Cimmino (cimmo)]

Jon try this from the console:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

and then reboot

[Jon Wooten (jmwooten)]

You are the man. Worked like a charm. What did that do? Set things
back to previous saved configuration?

Appreciate the help.

Thanks

Jon

Cimmo wrote:
> Jon try this from the console:
>
> sudo dpkg --configure -a
>
> and then reboot
>
>

[Marco Cimmino (cimmo)]

this command configure all packages that were unpacked but not configured and solve a lot of problems :)
No GUI like synaptic and adept do it when they are blocked I never understood why.

Anyway hope someone will see this bug :)

[Tim Smith (auxiliary.chipmunk)]

Thanks Jon,

Thanks sorted it

Tim Smith

[Marco Cimmino (cimmo)]

still here in kubuntu 7.10 final :(

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

Please give the console output from this error, and above it, as far as you can. There is not enough information to solve this bug, only to say "okay, something broke".

[Marco Cimmino (cimmo)]

cannot reproduce the problem, forgot to report the error, but I remember a segmentation fault by python or something related, anyway cannot reopen, I don't have enough infos, if I will have I report here and reopen the bug

[Marco Cimmino (cimmo)]

ok happened with another upgrade from Feisty, attacch main.log

2007-11-25 16:55:45,066 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'debconf': 'il sottoprocesso post-installation script è stato terminato dal segnale (Segmentation fault), scritto un core dump
'