Indeed, the workaround worked smoothly; 248 updates were installed without hitch. Thanks a lot Gerry de Guzman
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Trifunos <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks. I'll test it today > Don't apologies your English is perfect :) > Cordially > Sashko Trifunovski > > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:59 AM, mpx <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ***TEMPORARY WORKAROUND*** > > After the upgrade has failed, you will get an error every time you run > dpkg > > or apt-get saying that system-tools-backends is not configured. "sudo > dpkg > > --configure -a" will not fix this. To recover, please perform the > following > > 2 steps: > > > > 1) sudo invoke-rc.d system-tools-backends stop > > 2) sudo dpkg --configure -a > > > > > > this works... > > > > thanks.. > > > > sorry for my english.. > > > > -- > > package system-tools-backends 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294389 > > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > > of the bug. > > > > > -- > Saso Trifunovski > > -- > package system-tools-backends 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294389 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "system-tools-backends" source package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in system-tools-backends in Ubuntu Intrepid: New > Status in system-tools-backends in Ubuntu Jaunty: Triaged > > Bug description: > Was updating via update manager, after new installation when this error > occured. > > Binary package hint: system-tools-backends > > on an elitegroup AM2+ motherboard with AMD Athlon 64 X2 BE-2400 processor, > 4gb of ram > > ProblemType: Package > Architecture: amd64 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 > ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit > status 1 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Package: system-tools-backends 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 > SourcePackage: system-tools-backends > Title: package system-tools-backends 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 failed to > install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit > status 1 > Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic x86_64 > > ***TEMPORARY WORKAROUND*** > After the upgrade has failed, you will get an error every time you run dpkg > or apt-get saying that system-tools-backends is not configured. "sudo dpkg > --configure -a" will not fix this. To recover, please perform the following > 2 steps: > > 1) sudo invoke-rc.d system-tools-backends stop > 2) sudo dpkg --configure -a > > ***TEST CASE FOR SRU*** > 1) With current version (2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1) of system-tools-backends > installed, open up 2 terminals. > 2) In the first terminal, type "users-admin", but don't press enter to run > it yet. > 3) In the second terminal, run "sudo apt-get install --reinstall > system-tools-backends". > 4) As soon as this line appears in the second terminal, hit enter in the > first terminal to run users-admin: "* Stopping System Tools Backends > system-tools-backends" > > The reinstall will fail. Once this has happened follow the workaround above > to recover, then upgrade to 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.2. > > Once upgraded, repeat steps 1 - 4, and note that the reinstall never fails. > -- package system-tools-backends 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294389 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
