package nullmailer 1:1.04-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Patrick Gill]

Binary package hint: nullmailer

I just wanted to try out gdesklets without supplying my mail information. When I install gdesklets, this nullmailer thing comes up too. I don't know what it is and I didn't ask for it, and when I repeatedly push the "cancel" button it crashes.

I don't particularly mind this too much, but it is a bit confusing from a user interface point of view. Ubuntu is usually more polished than that.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nullmailer 1:1.04-1
SourcePackage: nullmailer
Title: package nullmailer 1:1.04-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

The error message (not very informative):

Setting up nullmailer (1:1.04-1) ...
dpkg: error processing nullmailer (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

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 295253, 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.