package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Robert Lee Swint Jr.]

### I'm running Ubuntu-Studio 12.10 Quantal Qetzal
==== after trying to install the proprietary ATI driver & Catalyst control center from AMD's website for Linux 64 bit (x86)
==== after reboot (resolution was lower and had black area about an inch all the way around the desktop.
==== the fglrx-info didn't show the graphics card and the catalyst control center wouldn't load.
==== so i had run apt-get install fglrx and fglrx-updates and tried reinstalling the proprietary ATI driver and it still didn't work.
==== then i ran the ATI installer again but this time selected to build a .deb package for Ubuntu. It didn't work right off the bat
==== so i had to do apt-get install **** for some dependencies. Then i ran the ATI installer again and tried to build the .deb
==== packages and it worked. it made 3 .deb packages one fglrx-ubuntu, one fglrx-dev, and the .deb for the catalyst software.
==== i tried to open the fglrx_8.970-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb with Ubuntu Software Center and upon opening it started trying to
==== load it but it said some kind of thing like it didn't have the right stuff to install the package. so i closed the Software
==== Center. Now every time i try to open the software center it opens the gui and the circular loading indicator looks
==== like it's 1/4th full but it's not moving and then 1 second later it just closes.... (poof)... ps -ax shows no process for it after
==== this happens. i've looked at the work around they had to use for 12.04 where that .py file on line 176 had some command
==== that caused this same kind of thing... but they've since fixed this and my .py file didn't even have the lines at 176 that
==== those workarounds were talking about. i tried removing software-center and reinstalling several different ways.
==== each time i uninstalled / reinstalled it it still would automatically close after 1 second of the GUI popping up.
==== so i'm not sure if it's not graphics driver related because my xorg.conf is setup with an aticonfig --initial setting but as
==== i said earlier fglrx-info says no card is detected. now i'm trying to continue to install that
==== fglrx_8.970-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb but it's having dependency issues saying that it does need fglrx-updates, but then
==== when i install them it says that they are conflicting and cannot be removed and the .deb install process exits.
==== so i was searching google for solutions and someone posted this command to clean out everything fglrx related.
==== sudo apt-get autoremove --purge fglrx fglrx-updates
==== now here's the bug... i've included the terminal window output. ubuntu studio caught this as a bug and prompted me
==== to submit it and go to this website (i just created an account). i'm going to keep trying to install the
==== fglrx_8.970-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb by running this command line:

extalin@xtal-workstation:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove --purge fglrx fglrx-updates
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  fglrx* fglrx-amdcccle-updates* fglrx-updates*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 254 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 237212 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing fglrx ...
Purging configuration files for fglrx ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/atieventsd exists during rc.d purge (use -f to force)
dpkg: error processing fglrx (--purge):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Removing fglrx-amdcccle-updates ...
Removing fglrx-updates ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
update-alternatives: warning: alternative /usr/lib/fglrx/ld.so.conf (part of link group x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist; removing from list of alternatives
update-alternatives: warning: alternative /usr/lib/pxpress/ld.so.conf (part of link group x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist; removing from list of alternatives
update-alternatives: warning: /etc/alternatives/x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf is dangling; it will be updated with best choice
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules with a link
update-alternatives: warning: alternative /usr/lib/fglrx/alt_ld.so.conf (part of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist; removing from list of alternatives
update-alternatives: warning: alternative /usr/lib/pxpress/alt_ld.so.conf (part of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist; removing from list of alternatives
update-alternatives: warning: /etc/alternatives/i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf is dangling; it will be updated with best choice
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf because link group x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf is broken
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules with a link
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Purging configuration files for fglrx-updates ...
dpkg: warning: while removing fglrx-updates, directory '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules' not empty so not removed
dpkg: warning: while removing fglrx-updates, directory '/usr/share/ati' not empty so not removed
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-lowlatency
W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays.
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fglrx
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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here's what happens when i try to install the ATI proprietary driver manually (because i'm having the ubuntu software center
crash after 1 second of GUI loading.

extalin@xtal-workstation:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i fglrx_8.970-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for extalin:
Selecting previously unselected package fglrx.
(Reading database ... 236922 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx (from fglrx_8.970-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fglrx:
 fglrx depends on fglrx-updates; however:
  Package fglrx-updates is not installed.

dpkg: error processing fglrx (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fglrx
extalin@xtal-workstation:~/Downloads$

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: fglrx (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.18-lowlatency 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
AptOrdering:
 fglrx: Purge
 fglrx-amdcccle-updates: Purge
 fglrx-updates: Purge
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 24 20:25:56 2012
DuplicateSignature:
 Purging configuration files for fglrx ...
 update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
 update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/atieventsd exists during rc.d purge (use -f to force)
 dpkg: error processing fglrx (--purge):
  subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-19 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
Title: package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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