I discovered the core issue. The file /usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz- commands.schemas was corrupted. I repaired the File System with e2fsck, and then replaced it with a copy from another 12.04 instance. Then I manually installed libunity-core and unity with dpkg.
I ran sudo apt-get check and everything is operating as it should now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gconf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1011337 Title: package gconf2 3.2.5-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Status in “gconf” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: sudo apt-get upgrade -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages will be upgraded: unity unity-common 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 8 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/1,436 kB of archives. After this operation, 7,168 B disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Setting up gconf2 (3.2.5-0ubuntu2) ... /usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-commands.schemas:1247: parser error : Premature end of data in tag applyto line 1247 <applyto>/apps/compi ^ /usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-commands.schemas:1247: parser error : Premature end of data in tag schema line 1245 <applyto>/apps/compi ^ /usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-commands.schemas:1247: parser error : Premature end of data in tag schemalist line 3 <applyto>/apps/compi ^ /usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-commands.schemas:1247: parser error : Premature end of data in tag gconfschemafile line 2 <applyto>/apps/compi ^ Failed to open `/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-commands.schemas': Input/output error dpkg: error processing gconf2 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of compiz-gnome: compiz-gnome depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however: Package gconf2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing compiz-gnome (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of compiz: compiz depends on compiz-gnome | compiz-kde; however: Package compiz-gnome is not configured yet. Package compiz-kde is not installed. dpkg: error processing compiz (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-gnome: libreoffice-gnome depends on gconf2; however: Package gconf2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libreoffice-gnome (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntuone-client-gnome: ubuntuone-client-gnome depends on gconf2 (>= 2.31.1); however: Package gconf2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing ubNo apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already untuone-client-gnome (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of unity-common: unity-common depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however: Package gconf2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing unity-common (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of unity: unity depends on libunity-core-5.0-5 (= 5.12-0ubuntu1); however: Version of libunity-core-5.0-5 on system is 5.12-0ubuntu1.1. unity depends on unity-common (= 5.12-0ubuntu1); however: Package unity-common is not configured yet. unity depends on compiz; however: Package compiz is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing unity (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of unity-lens-applications: unity-lens-applications depends on unity-common (>= 4.4.0); however: Package unity-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing unity-lens-applications (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: gconf2 compiz-gnome compiz libreoffice-gnome ubuntuone-client-gnome unity-common unity unity-lens-applications E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gconf2 3.2.5-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Jun 9 17:45:42 2012 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) SourcePackage: gconf Title: package gconf2 3.2.5-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/1011337/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
