I have just had this same problem, I think, installing 10.04 beta from 9.04. I believe that apport reported it twice today but those are anonymous as far as I can tell. I did try to save some other output data but looking at the report it appears that everything relevant is there.
One symptom that may not show in the report - when dpkg tries to either install or remove mysql-server, the program 'start mysql' hangs This is also true of manually running 'service mysql start' (I think - I just ran manually again and it returned 'mysql is already running' ). As a result, dpkg never ends until I kill the start program, at which point dpkg will finish some things and then end with errors. Here are some things I copied early in the process, when I first started trying to make this work: Error message from the GUI (IIRC): E: /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu7_i386.deb: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Contents of the Terminal window: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable (Reading database ... 572304 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu7 (using .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu7_i386.deb) ... debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable dpkg: warning: old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu7_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Preparing to replace mysql-server 5.1.41-3ubuntu7 (using .../mysql-server_5.1.41-3ubuntu7_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement mysql-server ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu7_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--configure): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration. dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.1; however: Package mysql-server-5.1 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server Copied line from 'ps auxww': /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 47 --force-depends --force-remove-essential --remove kubuntu-debug-installer kpackagekit kdebase-workspace-bin plasma-widgets-workspace kdepim-runtime akonadi-server mysql-server mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server-core-5.1 -- package mysql-server-5.0 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513151 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
