package fglrx 2:8.861-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Tim Cuthbertson]

Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
Release: 11.10

fglrx 2:8.861-0ubuntu2 installation failed

Setting up fglrx (2:8.861-0ubuntu2) ...
update-alternatives: renaming x86_64-linux-gnu_xorg_extra_modules slave link from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules to /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/fglrx/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: error: unable to make /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/x86_64-linux-gnu_fglrx_dri: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing fglrx (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: fglrx 2:8.861-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-3.4-generic 3.0.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic x86_64
AptOrdering:
 fglrx: Configure
 fglrx-amdcccle: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 11 06:38:39 2011
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Setting up fglrx (2:8.861-0ubuntu2) ...
 update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/fglrx/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: error: unable to make /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/x86_64-linux-gnu_fglrx_dri: No such file or directory
 dpkg: error processing fglrx (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110705.1)
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
Title: package fglrx 2:8.861-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 807347, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.