Public bug reported: Binary package hint: alsa-utils
upgrade of alsa-utils expects exactly one asound device, described by /proc/asound/cardconfigure/id But I have two ... $ grep ^ /proc/asound/card?/id /proc/asound/card0/id:IXP /proc/asound/card1/id:Modem I'm not an Alsa guru, don't know whether the card%d/id is replacing cardconfigure/id, or the other way around. Where the postinst script says configure) ... id=`cat /proc/asound/card$1/id 2>/dev/null` if [ "$id" = "Panda" -o "$id" = "SDP4430" ]; then alsactl init fi it should probably 1/ don't cat card$1/id here - that expands to cardconfigure/id which is not what's needed 2/ cope with missing id file(s) by `cat ... || true` 3/ cycle thru any/all cards by for id in `cat /proc/asound/card*/id 2>/dev/null` do case "$id" in (Panda|SDP4430) alsactl init;; esac done This is in 10.10 incrementally upgraded since ~8.04, so the problem may not exist in fresh 10.10 installs ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: alsa-utils 1.0.23-2ubuntu3.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-server 2.6.35.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-server x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Oct 21 13:28:34 2010 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 SourcePackage: alsa-utils Title: package alsa-utils 1.0.23-2ubuntu3.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 ** Affects: alsa-utils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package maverick -- package alsa-utils 1.0.23-2ubuntu3.3 failed to install/upgrade: postinst expects /proc/asound/cardconfigure/id https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/664804 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs