OK, my problem is fixed. After prompting by Marius -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-
users/2012-September/263520.html - I finally tried the workaround noted
at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-
defaults/+bug/990740/comments/3
That is:
apt-get-install-o-APT::Immediate-C
log from running
# apt-get install -o APT::Immediate-Configure=false -f
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$ ls -1 /var/lib/apt/lists/
archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_partner_binary-i386_Packages
archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_partner_source_Sources
archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_Release
archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_Release.gpg
gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubunt
$ ls -1 /etc/apt/sources.list.d
google-chrome.list.distUpgrade
google-chrome.list.save
libreoffice-ppa-lucid.list
libreoffice-ppa-lucid.list.distUpgrade
libreoffice-ppa-lucid.list.save
medibuntu.list
ubuntu-wine-ppa-lucid.list
ubuntu-wine-ppa-lucid.list.distUpgrade
ubuntu-wine-ppa-lucid.list.save
log from running
# apt-get install -o APT::Immediate-Configure=false -f apt python-
minimal python2.7 libpython2.7 libperl5.14 tcl8.5
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# apt-get install -o APT::Immediate-Configure=false -f apt python-
minimal update-manager-core vim-gnome
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# apt-get -f install
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Log from
apt-get -f install &> /tmp/apt-get-f-install.log
as requested by Marius at
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-
users/2012-September/263460.html
It failed again. :( Since it's now apparently producing python-related
error messages instead of lxdm-related ones, I've stopped there a
Thanks for the suggestion. I have made that change to
/var/lib/dpkg/info/lxdm.postinst (note - NOT lightdm's postinst - I
can't find that in /var/lib/dpkg/info/).
I wasn't certain what I was supposed to do next, so I then tried "dpkg
--configure -a" again. It failed again and I attach its log. Ple
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As far as I can tell, this bug happens in lxdm's postinst script, in
this bit:
DAEMON_NAME=$(which "$DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER" 2>/dev/null)
when 'which' fails to find the default display manager (lightdm in your
case), it returns with a non-zero return code, which stops the postinst
script f
As requested by Marius in https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-
users/2012-September/263447.html
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Marius, many thanks for looking at this. I edited the config file and
the output from dpkg --configure -a &> /tmp/dpkg.log is attached. Two
comments about the debugging output:
(1) the perl locale error just before it is familiar to me. It's a
result of some conflict in configuration that I've nev
The first error in screenlog.0 was
Setting up lxdm (0.4.1-0ubuntu6) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/lxdm/Xsession ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/pam.d/lxdm ...
Installing new version of
output from $ dpkg --get-selections >packages.txt
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That's all the logs. Shall I attach output from the various commands
I've run?
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OK, the difficulty with apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz was 0600 file
permissions.
That's all in the directory itself. There are two subdirectories:
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total 960
-rw--- 1 root root 470593 Jul 14 2010 apt-term.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38383 Jul 14 2010 apt.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root
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I don't seem to be able to attach apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz
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better. Could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/'
to this bug report as separate attachments? Thanks in advance.
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Title:
OK. I seem to have created the bug at least. Brief summary:
* when the point release of precise came out, I tried to upgrade a
machine running lucid (fully updated)
* I'm afraid I don't remember the exact sequence of commands I used but
there's a mail thread starting at https://lists.ubuntu.com/a
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