Public bug reported: I am running Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit. Because java does not work with Firefox 3 64 bit, I decided on installing the 32 bit version of Firefox, so I could have java and flash. However, when installing ia32-sun-java6-bin, a segfault results.
ia32-sun-java6-bin: Installed: 6-06-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 6-06-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 6-06-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status This is the output from the terminal: The following NEW packages will be installed: ia32-sun-java6-bin 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/27.3MB of archives. After this operation, 81.9MB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package ia32-sun-java6-bin. (Reading database ... 199100 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ia32-sun-java6-bin (from .../ia32-sun-java6-bin_6-06-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... sun-dlj-v1-1 license has already been accepted Setting up ia32-sun-java6-bin (6-06-0ubuntu1) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/ia32-sun-java6-bin.postinst: line 88: 14764 Segmentation fault $basedir/bin/java -client -Xshare:dump $xmarg > /dev/null dpkg: error processing ia32-sun-java6-bin (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Errors were encountered while processing: ia32-sun-java6-bin E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) This is the output from syslog: May 31 20:37:49 server1 kernel: [35823.603506] java[16479]: segfault at c rip 4a6dcf39 rsp ffb4c300 error 4 Please note that I have been getting a series of segfaults (wine, swiftweasal, skype, npviewer, nautilus,gtk-gnash) since upgrading to Hardy from Feisty. ** Affects: sun-java6 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Segfault When Installing ia32-sun-java6-bin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236276 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