Hm, so it looks like several issues combined into one bug.
1- You started experiencing CIFS mount issues, due to error -1 (Unknown
error 18446744073709551615) opening credential file
/home/imota/.smbcredentials
2- You updated/reinstalled samba but that failed, due to a missing
** Attachment added: AptOrdering.txt
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/638238/+attachment/1583961/+files/AptOrdering.txt
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/638238/+attachment/1583963/+files/Dependencies.txt
** Attachment added: Df.txt
This might also be of interest; dpkg.log.debug shows when the update-
manager first tried to install the samba package updates, when I
manually installed another package (x-screensaver) and when it failed
again and crashed.
The other is my boot.log... Interestingly it is complaining of my
** Attachment added: dpkg.log.debug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/638238/+attachment/1584039/+files/dpkg.log.debug
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samba failed to install and crashes on login - package samba-common
2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed
Just rebooted after editing my .smbcredentials file...
Everything is mounted, delay on bootup was a lot shorter but still
getting boot.log errors:
fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2
fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2
fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2
/dev/sdb1: clean, 182541/644640 files,
Tried a full purge of the guilty packages, followed a suggestion I found
online (removed /usr/share/samba/smb.conf), reinstalled, no error on
installation of latest releases.
However still getting errors on boot:
boot.log contents
fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2
fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2
