Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nspluginwrapper
Attempting a "sudo apt-get -f" on my system results in the following : " jdb2@aleph0:~$ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libjna-java libqzeitgeist0 junit4 libgnome2-vfs-perl esound-clients g++-4.4 libgnomevfs2-extra javahelp2 firefox-branding libsexy2 libx264-98 libfelix-framework-java libexempi3 libmatroska2 libdbusmenu-gtk1 libiptcdata0 libgnome2-canvas-perl libwildmidi0 libfelix-main-java openoffice.org-l10n-common libswing-layout-java visualvm libsoundtouch1c2 libgnome2-perl libhamcrest-java libequinox-osgi-java libebml2 libnb-platform12-java libstdc++6-4.4-dev Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up nspluginwrapper (1.2.2-0ubuntu9) ... plugin dirs: Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins Looking for plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins Segmentation fault dpkg: error processing nspluginwrapper (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139 No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of acroread: acroread depends on nspluginwrapper; however: Package nspluginwrapper is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing acroread (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nspluginwrapper-dbgsym: nspluginwrapper-dbgsym depends on nspluginwrapper (= 1.2.2-0ubuntu9); however: Package nspluginwrapper is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing nspluginwrapper-dbgsym (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Errors were encountered while processing: nspluginwrapper acroread nspluginwrapper-dbgsym E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) " I've traced the problem to a call to the installed nspluginwrapper in the postinst script, specifically "nspluginwrapper -a -v -u" which generates the segfault. Debugging output from GDB and catchsegv are attached. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: nspluginwrapper 1.2.2-0ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic 2.6.38.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue May 10 12:56:21 2011 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nspluginwrapper UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-09 (0 days ago) ** Affects: nspluginwrapper (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty nspluginwrapper postinst segfault -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/780678 Title: Attempting to upgrade nspluginwrapper via apt-get fails with "error exit status 139" and a Segmentation fault -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs