Adding extra time for *dns-timeout* worked for me as well, how ever I get the same messages as Jacob below. I also noticed this for all fonts:
*All done, no errors. webdin32.exe: OK webdin32.exe: library not compiled to support large files. Extracting cabinet: webdin32.exe extracting fontinst.exe extracting Webdings.TTF extracting fontinst.inf extracting Licen.TXT * //Hans 2009/11/15 Jacob <[email protected]> > Bottom line: How to proceed after getting the fonts installed. > > And now, the main message: > > YIPEEE!!!!! > KUDOS, GRACIAS and assorted hazzahs in all possible languages to IMAD. > > My taking the --dns-timeout option out the the wget command in line 148 > of this file, > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/ttf-mscorefonts-installer.postinst > > the final lines of the output of that command: > > dpkg-reconfigure -plow --force ttf-mscorefonts-installer > > are now: > > All done, no errors. > All fonts downloaded and installed. > Updating fontconfig cache for /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts > No CIDSupplement specified for Dotum-Regular, defaulting to 0. > No CIDSupplement specified for Batang-Regular, defaulting to 0. > No CIDSupplement specified for Batang-Bold, defaulting to 0. > No CIDSupplement specified for Dotum-Bold, defaulting to 0. > No CIDSupplement specified for ZenHei, defaulting to 0. > No CIDSupplement specified for ZenHei-CNS, defaulting to 0. > No CIDSupplement specified for UMingCN, defaulting to 0. > > Now that this has succeeded, how do I proceed? The upgrade had failed > at this point and failed to clean up. What do we do now? > > Locate the arcane script that does the cleanup and run that with sudo? > > Start the System Update app again, hoping it realize where it left off > and continue? > > HELP!! please. > > Thanks much and more kudos to imad. IN lieu of actually giving you a kudos > candy bar, enjoy this: > > http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOfB6cS2PDA/Si8QM1hJKkI/AAAAAAAAALM/s9YYIs9u4rc/s400/kudos%2Bbar.jpg > > As well as this: > http://www.topnews.in/health/files/beer4.jpg > > -- > package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.0 failed to install/upgrade > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464422 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > > Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: New > Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Debian: New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: update-manager > > I upgraded my Desktop ubuntu from jaunty to karmic. > During the upgrade I got the message "could not install > ttf-mscorefonts-installer". > I proceeded. > At the end of the installation step (before cleaning step), I got again an > error message about this ttf-mscorefonts-installer. > Apport proposed to send informations to you. > I said yes. > Started collecting info ... but didn't finish. > I pressed cancel (to apport) > After a while I got a message saying that the upgrade was broken, and to > try a dpkg --configure -a . > The upgrade stopped. > I attache the /var/log/dist-upgrades/ logs. > > I tried dpkg --configure -a, but it could not connect to the internet. So > probably during the upgrade the connection to internet was lost (even if the > NetworkManager Applet say there was one active connection). > So after rebooting I could connect to the internet and execute successfully > dpkg --configure -a, which installed the fonts. > > Is it possible to resume the upgrade to finish it (End of Installation > step + Cleaning step) ? > -- package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.0 failed to install/upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464422 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
