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package gdm 3.0.4-0ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #952188 reported by Siddhant Saraf on 2012-03-11

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
	gdm (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I think this occured because my laptop ran out of memory. But instead of handling this gracefully, the program crashed.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gdm 3.0.4-0ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.29-generic 3.0.20
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
AptOrdering:
gdm: Configure
gnome-core: Configure
gnome: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Mar 11 17:11:55 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
SourcePackage: gdm
Title: package gdm 3.0.4-0ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Siddhant Saraf (siddhantsaraf) wrote on 2012-03-11:

Dependencies.txt Edit (4.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (599 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (71.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (14.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (313 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (314 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-03-11

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2012-03-12:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 523896, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.