I got a crash report on upgrading from 1.21 to 1.24 (along with a heap - about 2weeks of updates). I started the upgrade at about 2009-10-18T00:30:00 GMT, local time 11:30.
dpkg.log contained this {{{ 2009-10-18 12:06:19 upgrade linux-firmware 1.21 1.24 2009-10-18 12:06:19 status half-configured linux-firmware 1.21 2009-10-18 12:06:19 status unpacked linux-firmware 1.21 2009-10-18 12:06:19 status half-installed linux-firmware 1.21 2009-10-18 12:06:19 status unpacked linux-firmware 1.21 2009-10-18 12:06:19 status installed linux-firmware 1.21 2009-10-18 12:06:19 upgrade linux-firmware-nonfree 1.0 1.1 2009-10-18 12:06:19 status half-configured linux-firmware-nonfree 1.0 2009-10-18 12:06:19 status unpacked linux-firmware-nonfree 1.0 2009-10-18 12:06:19 status half-installed linux-firmware-nonfree 1.0 2009-10-18 12:06:19 status half-installed linux-firmware-nonfree 1.0 2009-10-18 12:06:19 status unpacked linux-firmware-nonfree 1.1 2009-10-18 12:06:19 status unpacked linux-firmware-nonfree 1.1 ... 2009-10-18 12:07:15 configure linux-firmware-nonfree 1.1 1.1 2009-10-18 12:07:15 status unpacked linux-firmware-nonfree 1.1 2009-10-18 12:07:15 status half-configured linux-firmware-nonfree 1.1 2009-10-18 12:07:15 status installed linux-firmware-nonfree 1.1 }}} I didn't catch the error message, if there was one. Couldn't see anything in /var/log{syslog,messages,debug.daemon.log} /var/log/aptitude contained only this of interest.. {{{ [UPGRADE] linux-firmware 1.21 -> 1.24 [UPGRADE] linux-firmware-nonfree 1.0 -> 1.1 ... [UPGRADE] linux-firmware 1.21 -> 1.24 }}} /var/log/apt/term.log had this: {{{ Preparing to replace linux-firmware 1.21 (using .../linux-firmware_1.24_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement linux-firmware ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_1.24_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw', which is also in package linux-firmware-nonfree 0:1.0 dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Preparing to replace linux-firmware-nonfree 1.0 (using .../linux-firmware-nonfree_1.1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement linux-firmware-nonfree ... }}} Rerunning safe-upgrade seemed to fix the issue {{{ sudo aptitude safe-upgrade [sudo] password for vjm: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done The following packages will be upgraded: linux-firmware 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/5,714kB of archives. After unpacking 2,925kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Writing extended state information... Done (Reading database ... 150293 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace linux-firmware 1.21 (using .../linux-firmware_1.24_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement linux-firmware ... Setting up linux-firmware (1.24) ... Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Current status: 0 updates [-1]. }}} dpkg.log {{{ 2009-10-18 12:12:39 upgrade linux-firmware 1.21 1.24 2009-10-18 12:12:39 status half-configured linux-firmware 1.21 2009-10-18 12:12:39 status unpacked linux-firmware 1.21 2009-10-18 12:12:39 status half-installed linux-firmware 1.21 2009-10-18 12:12:39 status half-installed linux-firmware 1.21 2009-10-18 12:12:40 status unpacked linux-firmware 1.24 2009-10-18 12:12:40 status unpacked linux-firmware 1.24 2009-10-18 12:12:40 startup packages configure 2009-10-18 12:12:40 configure linux-firmware 1.24 1.24 2009-10-18 12:12:40 status unpacked linux-firmware 1.24 2009-10-18 12:12:40 status half-configured linux-firmware 1.24 2009-10-18 12:12:40 status installed linux-firmware 1.24 }}} /var/log/apt/term.log {{{ Preparing to replace linux-firmware 1.21 (using .../linux-firmware_1.24_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement linux-firmware ... Setting up linux-firmware (1.24) ... }}} My system: uname -a Linux mythbox 2.6.31-13-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 9 17:42:36 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu karmic (development branch)" -- package linux-firmware 1.21 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw', which is also in package linux-firmware-nonfree 0:1.0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/450736 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