package dkms 2.1.0.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package dkms is already installed and configured

Bug #502176 reported by ytene
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dkms (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: dkms

I apologise in advance if this is a duplicate bug filing. I wanted to log this one and to report that this is the second time I have installed 9.10/AMD64 on this Acer 7520 laptop, the first being approximately 2 weeks after initial release of the full distro. Both installations have been completely 'clean' - ie from bare disc. The first installation went perfectly and had no problems, this time I saw the bug that is the subject of this report.

The error was generated during the first "Update Manager" run after the initial reboot.

I can only suspect that a package has been updated since my first build and that this updated package induced the error. I have not yet added any non-default packages, so this is an issue with a core build package.

Very happy to provide assistance with any further tests or diagnostics that may be required - you have my email address; feel free to drop me a line.

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 bcmwl-kernel-source: Remove
 dkms: Configure
 fakeroot: Configure
 patch: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jan 1 21:28:37 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: package dkms is already installed and configured
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Package: dkms 2.1.0.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: dkms
Title: package dkms 2.1.0.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package dkms is already installed and configured
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

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ytene (ubuntu-ytene) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for your report.

Please open a terminal an run the following command:
sudo dpkg --configure -a

This will likely resolve your issue. If so please set the bug's status
to Invalid. Thanks in advance!

Changed in dkms (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

By the way, before running the command above could you please attach the file /var/lib/dpkg/status to this report. Thanks.

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