Synaptic pkg mgr locks at different points during http wget of tar.gz

[Brad Krause]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

Synaptic Package Manager locks at different points during http wget of tar.gz (12/28/2009 PM to 12/29 AM), generally between the fifth and 10th file. Network connection to the Internet is fine.

Package installed correctly when Synaptic had focus (previously, only a terminal window was running, so it may be coincidence it installed).

Issuing CTRL-C restarts the download, which also locks.

Only this package (current version) download has problems.

XUbuntu 9.10, all updates applied before attempting package install.

See the end of DpkgTerminalLog.txt for an example of where it gets stuck. (^Cdpkg: on is because I finally had to interrupt the install because it was hung.)

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 flashplugin-installer: Install
 flashplugin-installer: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 29 08:49:03 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Package: flashplugin-installer 10.0.42.34ubuntu0.9.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-installer 10.0.42.34ubuntu0.9.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

[Brad Krause (brad-krause)]

I was installing Xubuntu (current version as of today) on a virtual machine and the bug popped up several more times. The install was different from the original that generated this bug report (real machine, mainly default install) in that the VM installs were on an 'Expert Install' (F6 during install) with some modifications for speed (nothing drastic). The VM "hardware" is significantly different from the bare metal (1st bug report). Internet connection was good throughout, and is wired (not wireless).

In general, if the download failed once it did it several more times, always within the first 10 or so download lines. Once it was running it stayed running for several hours. I took an install break for a few hours and it crashed on the next VM, but then ran fine on the rest (more duplicate reports not filed). So it seems to be an ongoing problem, and only with this package. (Other packages, from small ones up to ~60 MB with 30 MB individual downloads (Java VM) install w/o any problem or network hiccup.)

Duplicates from "today:"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/518983
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/519032

[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 463517, 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.