Ubuntu
kdebase-workspace package

Update of kdm kills active sessions

Bug #400294 reported by Christian Schürer-Waldheim on 2009-07-16

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #372199: package kdm 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Critical	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace

I'm used to run aptitude in yakuake from my running KDE session. When KDM is updated, it kills the active session as KDM and all running sessions are shut down because of the update. This has been differently in the past (I'm using karmic with all packages up to date).

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Roderick B. Greening (roderick-greening) wrote on 2009-07-16:

I can confirm this issue has existed eversince upgrade from 4.2.85 to latest. Worked fine in 4.2.85 but not in any revisions of 4.2.96.

Changed in kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Critical
status:	New → Confirmed

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Christian Schürer-Waldheim (quincunx) wrote on 2009-07-16:

Yes, this should really be treated as critical as it can cause a broken system (as aptitude is killed right in an updated process too).

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote on 2009-07-16:

Already fixed in fact. After upgrading to the fixed packages, all subsequent kdm upgrades should not exhibit this symptom. The problem was a buggy pre-install script. (Note that you will receive this bug while upgrading to the fixed packages)