[Bug 912212] [NEW] package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package samba is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed') - vers

2012-01-05 Thread Guy Attfield
Public bug reported: I broke the if it ain't broke, don't fix it life rule. I'm a Linux neophyte who built a 'silent' home office 'server' to unload a creaking WinXP laptop used for both home and business and to provide an 'always-on' Internet facility. The idea, which was starting to work

[Bug 912212] Re: package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package samba is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed') - versio

2012-01-05 Thread Guy Attfield
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/912212 Title: package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package samba is not ready for

Re: [Bug 912212] Re: package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package samba is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed') - ve

2012-01-05 Thread Guy Attfield
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 877852 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877852 Bug 877852 is recorded as a duplicate of 862129 for which afix was released on 2011-11-29. So my problems today either mean that fix doesn't work or it's not a duplicate. In fact, samba seems to be

Re: [Bug 877852] Re: samba failed to install when updating from ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10

2012-04-02 Thread Guy Attfield
To answer your questions: 1. I don't know. I'm not a Linux/Ubuntu guru and (at 64) don't have the inclination to become one. 2. As far as I know, the only route back to 10.04.4 LTS is to do a re-install from CD. I let 10.04 install in a new partition (so I had XP, 11.10, and