Error I was getting: ********************* Synaptic error E: pidgin: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 139 ********************* Error from console
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install minicom Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Recommended packages: lrzsz The following packages will be REMOVED: pidgin The following NEW packages will be installed: minicom 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 11 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/179kB of archives. After unpacking, 624kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 109145 files and directories currently installed.) Removing pidgin ... (update-desktop-database:6538): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed Segmentation fault (core dumped) dpkg: error processing pidgin (--remove): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 139 Errors were encountered while processing: pidgin E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ************************* I removed NVIDIA-Settings.desktop and the problem was solved. That .desktop files was empty, did not have the [Desktop Entry\] at all. O. -- update-desktop-database segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59392 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
