package hddtemp 0.3-beta15-44 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Thanks for your report.

Could you please provide the output of the following command (in one line):
sudo DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/hddtemp.postinst configure

I had the same error. Here's the output:

ron@Intrepid32:~$ sudo DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/hddtemp.postinst configure
+ set -e
+ conffile=/etc/default/hddtemp
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+ [ ! ]
+ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1
+ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY
+ [ ]
+ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/hddtemp.postinst configure
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is hddtemp
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/hddtemp.config configure
debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0
debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium hddtemp/SUID_bit
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium hddtemp/syslog
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- SET hddtemp/daemon true
debconf (developer): --> 0 value set
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high hddtemp/daemon
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/daemon
debconf (developer): --> 0 true
debconf (developer): <-- SET hddtemp/interface 127.0.0.1
debconf (developer): --> 0 value set
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high hddtemp/interface
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- SET hddtemp/port 7634
debconf (developer): --> 0 value set
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high hddtemp/port
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/hddtemp.postinst configure
debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0
debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0
debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/daemon
debconf (developer): --> 0 true
debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/syslog
debconf (developer): --> 0 0
debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/interface
debconf (developer): --> 0 127.0.0.1
debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/port
debconf (developer): --> 0 7634
debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/SUID_bit
debconf (developer): --> 0 false
debconf (developer): <-- STOP
 * Starting disk temperature monitoring daemon hddtemp: [fail]
ron@Intrepid32:~$

end

Can you reproduce this symptom using hddtemp 0.3-beta15-45 in jaunty alpha 3?

my name is abraham, i would like to help but i have an intel 845, so i can not run jaunty jackalope alpha 3, please canonical team fix this issue, i would like to send jaunty jackalope bugs, and help to improve ubuntu

here is the output with a fresh Jaunty upgrade.
It's just about the same...

Required info provided. Found five duplicates. Tentatively marking this bug as confirmed.

Same error on Ubuntu 9.10:

mendi@mendi-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
Creando árbol de dependencias
Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
lm-sensors ya está en su versión más reciente.
0 actualizados, 0 se instalarán, 0 para eliminar y 0 no actualizados.
1 no instalados del todo o eliminados.
Se utilizarán 0B de espacio de disco adicional después de esta operación.
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Recurso temporalmente no disponible
Configurando hddtemp (0.3-beta15-45) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Recurso temporalmente no disponible
dpkg: error al procesar hddtemp (--configure):
 el subproceso script post-installation instalado devolvió el código de salida de error 1
Se encontraron errores al procesar:
 hddtemp
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ups, sorry in spanish...

Resuming: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1...

Same error (With same debug output) in version 0.3-beta15-45