rott wouldnt install

[fr34x]

Binary package hint: rott

rott wouldnt install from synaptic

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: rott 1.0+dfsg-2
SourcePackage: rott
Title: package rott 1.0+dfsg-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-14-generic x86_64

[spugo44 (bankwerker1)]

 http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release: _PUBKEY D739676F7613768
http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/maindeb/source/Sources
 http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu/source/Sources
http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/jaunty/source/Sources
da internet
gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 0c713da6
gpg --export --armor 0c713da6 | sudo apt-key add -
 #8521
gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 6F087E5A
gpg --export --armor 6F087E5A | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

[Jon Dowland (jond)]

Relevant log excerpt:

    Setting up rott (1.0+dfsg-2) ...
    Gtk-WARNING **: Theme directory 256x256/emblems of theme Industrial has no size field
    dpkg: error processing rott (--configure):
     subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

If the Gtk-WARNING has been caused by something in rott's postinst script, that is interesting.

What is your debconf frontend setting set to? find out via

    $ debconf-show debconf | grep frontend
      debconf/frontend: Dialog

It looks to me like you have it set to one of the X-powered front ends (either Gnome or Kde) and it was unable to write to your display, but I'm half-guessing.

Can you try (via a console, as root)

    dpkg-reconfigure rott

?