[Bug 514963] [NEW] package samba-common-bin 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2010-01-30 Thread Rick Horowitz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: samba This bug was very similar to many others that showed up on the automated search, but mine says that error status 2 was returned, rather than 1 or 3 which the others returned. Ubuntu 9.10 samba-common-bin 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4 I expected it to install,

[Bug 514963] Re: package samba-common-bin 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2010-01-30 Thread Rick Horowitz
** Attachment added: "AptOrdering.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38567989/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38567990/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Dmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38567991/Dmesg.txt ** Attachment

Re: [Bug 514963] Re: package samba-common-bin 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2010-02-01 Thread Rick Horowitz
I'm not sure, but I don't think so. I just checked the installed version in Synaptic and it shows the latest version as 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4. The reason I'm not sure about whether there's still a problem is that I am not currently using Samba and don't know how to test whether it is actually installe

[Bug 514963] Re: package samba-common-bin 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2010-02-07 Thread Rick Horowitz
I am still having this problem. In my latest system updates, I got the same failure. I then tried to complete uninstall samba-common and samba- common-bin. The uninstall failed with the same error, as listed above. update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/nmblookup corrupt: invalid s

Re: [Bug 514963] Re: package samba-common-bin 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2010-03-10 Thread Rick Horowitz
Thanks for your suggestion. Here's what I found: 1. The contents of my nmblookup is: rship of the /var/lib/mysql directory:\n\n /var/lib/mysql: drwxr-xr-x mysqlmysql Type: note Owners: mysql-server-5.1/nis_warning Name: mysq 2. I tried running the 2 commands you suggest, and get the follow