OK, I'm gonna try it out later tonight as well, will post the results.
regards,
Rob

http://hp2enduro.com


On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 16:07, Alberto Milone
<email address hidden>wrote:

> As you can see in the attached log, I can no longer reproduce the
> problem. I tested this on karmic with the lucid and lucid-proposed
> repositories enabled so as to reproduce the scenario of a dist-upgrade
> from karmic to lucid.
>
> ** Attachment added: "fglrx.txt"
>   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46613757/fglrx.txt
>
> --
> package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
> pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
> inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati  when ATI Drivers are
> previously installed
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565407
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>
> Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed
> Status in “fglrx-installer” source package in Lucid: Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> == DESCRIPTION ==
> Installation of package fglrx failed with the following error:
> Unpacking fglrx (from .../fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
>
> [Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default or inst_path_override
>  does not exist in /etc/ati. This suggests that the ATI driver
>  is not installed, the ATI driver is only partially installed,
>  or the current ATI driver installed is an older version than the
>  one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are
>  required for determining where installed files are located.
>  To force uninstallation of the driver by guessing where the
>  uninstallation files are located, set the FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL
>  environment variable and re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is
> not recommended).
>
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> == HOW TO REPRODUCE ==
> - install the drivers from ATI (download the installer e.g
> ati-driver-installer-10-3-x86.x86_64.run and run it )
> - install the package from the Ubuntu repository
>   $ sudo apt-get install fglrx
>
> => failure
>
> The preinst script removes the /etc/ati directory _before_ running the
> ATI's uninstallation script. Hence the later complains about it not being
> there anymore.
>
> == WORKAROUND ==
> $ export FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL=/usr/share/ati
> $ apt-get install fglrx
>
> OR
>
> - reinstall from the ATI installer to restore the /etc/ati directory
> - then uninstall with ATI script
> - finally installthe ubuntu package.
>
>
> E: /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb: subprocess
> new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> When running update manager on a laptop after the 9.10 -> 10.04 upgrade.
> Card is Radeon 2400
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> Package: fglrx (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> AptOrdering:
>  fglrx: Install
>  fglrx: Configure
>  fglrx-amdcccle: Configure
>  fglrx-kernel-source: Configure
>  xorg-driver-fglrx: Configure
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sat Apr 17 17:04:09 2010
> DkmsStatus:
>
> ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
> MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. F8P
> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=6c566782-b53f-4a1d-b3f5-8cd82ee10bcb ro quiet splash
> SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
> Title: package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dmi.bios.date: 08/09/2007
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 201
> dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
> dmi.board.name: F8P
> dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
> dmi.board.version: 1.0
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
> dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr201:bd08/09/2007:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnF8P:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnF8P:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
> dmi.product.name: F8P
> dmi.product.version: 1.0
> dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
> system:
>  distro:             Ubuntu
>  codename:           lucid
>  architecture:       i686
>  kernel:             2.6.31-21-generic
>
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