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package lightdm 1.0.1-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #878514 reported by Davide_G on 2011-10-19

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #523896: useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	lightdm (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

i do not

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: lightdm 1.0.1-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-12.51-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 19 22:34:25 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
SourcePackage: lightdm
Title: package lightdm 1.0.1-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-19 (0 days ago)

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Davide_G (davidcoq83ita) wrote on 2011-10-19:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstatetargz.gz Edit (456.0 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (5.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (46.2 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeHistorylog.gz Edit (18.8 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz Edit (566 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (13.0 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz Edit (46.7 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig) wrote on 2011-10-20:

From the log:

Aggiunta del gruppo «lightdm» (GID 124) ...
groupadd: cannot lock /etc/gshadow; try again later.
addgroup: «/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 124 lightdm» ha restituito l'errore con codice 10. Uscita.
dpkg: error processing lightdm (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1