Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31681
Comment: It failed for me on i386 too. I also don't use grub. Here's some relevant shell history. Note that "sudo mkdir /boot/grub" is enough to fix the problem, although the fix should probably be not to try to install the alternative if grub isn't installed. (dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following packages have been kept back mousepad xfce4-mcs-manager xfce4-mcs-plugins xfce4-panel xfce4-session xfce4-utils xfprint4 xfwm4 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Setting up ubuntu-artwork (0.2.28-1) ... update-alternatives: unable to make /boot/grub/default-splash.xpm.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/grub-artwork: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing ubuntu-artwork (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: ubuntu-artwork E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) (dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo update-alternatives --install /boot/grub/default-splash.xpm.gz grub-artwork /usr/share/pixmaps/grub/ubuntu-artwork.xpm.gz 40 update-alternatives: unable to make /boot/grub/default-splash.xpm.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/grub-artwork: No such file or directory (dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy grub grub: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.97-1ubuntu4 Version table: 0.97-1ubuntu4 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages (dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /sbin/update-grub ls: /sbin/update-grub: No such file or directory (dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /boot/grub ls: /boot/grub: No such file or directory (dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mkdir /boot/grub (dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following packages have been kept back mousepad xfce4-mcs-manager xfce4-mcs-plugins xfce4-panel xfce4-session xfce4-utils xfprint4 xfwm4 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Setting up ubuntu-artwork (0.2.28-1) ... (dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs