I found a way to solve the problem even if it's quite inelegant. I manually modified the config.dat database of debconf
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat and when I found the vmware-server/serial-number key it looked like this: Name: vmware-server/serial-number Template: vmware-server/serial-number Owners: vmware-server so I just added the "Value" field in the serial number record Name: vmware-server/serial-number Template: vmware-server/serial-number Value: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX Owners: vmware-server Then I launched again "dpkg --configure -a" and the post installation script finally completed successfully. So I think this can show that the problem consists of the installation scripts not asking anymore for the serial number at install time (and not setting any value for it) while the post installation one is still looking for that. -- dpkg --configure vmware-server hangs after starting services https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116606 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
