Thanks for your bugreport.
Here is what is causing the error:
Setting up grub (0.97-29ubuntu36) ...
dpkg: error processing grub (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Terminated)
Setting up policykit (0.9-1ubuntu2) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/policykit ...
Setting up hal (0.5.11-3~ubuntu9) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/hal ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf ...
* Reloading system message bus config... [80G
[74G[ OK ]
* Starting Hardware abstraction layer hald [80G
[74G[ OK ]
Setting up libpq5 (8.3.3-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libaprutil1 (1.2.12+dfsg-7) ...
Setting up linux-image-generic (2.6.27.4.4) ...
Setting up samba-common (2:3.2.3-1ubuntu2) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another
process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing samba-common (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of smbclient:
smbclient depends on samba-common (= 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu2); however:
Package samba-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing smbclient (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of samba:
samba depends on samba-common (= 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu2); however:
Package samba-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
...
Now I wonder in what way the grub postinst was hanging? no terminal
acitivity, no terminal output, no (ucf) window somewhere?
Thanks,
michael
** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: update-manager => grub
Importance: Undecided => Medium
Status: New => Triaged
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update-manager bailed out half-way
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277506
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