Comment 11 for bug 438561
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| latrom (moertael) wrote Re: package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 | #11 |
Max Bowsher wrote 7 hours ago:
I just tried running 'dpkg --configure -a' from a text VT whilst gdm was still running, and it was fine. So it seems to be something about the postinst running inside a gnome-terminal that breaks things.
I can confirm that this works on both of my karmic installations, amd64 and i386.
Juha