apt-get, when run from a terminal window, completed very quickly, almost as if it really didn't do anything. There were no messages, for example, it just returned to the command prompt.
Launching the update manager (graphical version) then downloaded 135 updates but failed in exactly the same way as before. Here is the return from the gui error message box: E: tzdata: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9 Regards, Steve On May 8, 2011 5:18am, Fabio Marconi <marconifa...@ubuntu-it.org> wrote: > Hello UsedBits > pleasetype in a terminal > sudo apt-get clean > and run update manager. > Please reply if is fixed or not > Thanks > Fabio > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/732407 > Title: > package linux-image-2.6.32-28-generic 2.6.32-28.55 failed to > install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common > exited with return code 255 > Status in “nvidia-common” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > Bug description: > Binary package hint: nvidia-common > lsb_release -rd > Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS > Release: 10.04 > This all stems from attempts to rid the system of a problem which > prevents upgrades: problem with tzdata. Seems also to be problems with > wine, wine1.2, and grub (if memory serves me correctly). > ProblemType: Package > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 > Package: linux-image-2.6.32-28-generic 2.6.32-28.55 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-28.55-generic 2.6.32.27+drm33.12 > Uname: Linux 2.6.32-28-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Tue Mar 8 20:32:25 2011 > ErrorMessage: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with > return code 255 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 > (20100427.1) > SourcePackage: nvidia-common > Title: package linux-image-2.6.32-28-generic 2.6.32-28.55 failed to > install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited > with return code 255 > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia- common/+bug/732407/+subscribe -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/732407 Title: package linux-image-2.6.32-28-generic 2.6.32-28.55 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 255 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
