[Bug 571985] Re: package xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 failed to install/upgrade:

Jesse Noordegraaf 571985 at bugs.launchpad.net
Fri Apr 19 06:47:28 UTC 2013


*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 572566 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572566

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: dpkg
  
- This is the error I got (see Summary) after waiting 3 hours for 10.04 to
+ This is the error I got (see Summary) after waiting for 10.04 to
  install. The warning dialogue says something about 10.04 failing to
  install and my system possibly being in an unstable, unusable state. It
- said something about launching a recovery [console? service? I can't
- remember] something-or-other, but Firefox interrupted with Launchpad
- because I had chosen to report the error. Well, I'm submitting this, and
- then I'm going to see what that Recovery part was all about. (It's in
- the window beneath this one. I dare not minimize Firefox... yet...)
+ was rather intimidating, and unfortunately I didn't write down
+ everything exactly. It said something about launching a recovery
+ [console? service? I can't remember], but Firefox interrupted with
+ Launchpad because I had chosen to report the error. Well, I'm submitting
+ this, and then I'm going to see what that Recovery part was all about.
  
- Ubuntu Guidelines recommend that I give the following information:
+ Here is the information that the Ubuntu Guidelines recommend I give:
  -Release: System > About Ubuntu tells me 10.04 since the install just went (but apparently failed?). Actually, I guess it's 9.10.
- -I don't know the version of the package. I don't even know what package failed. I'm assuming it was dpkg, since that's what was automatically filled in when I reached this page. (I reached this page via the "Report Problem" button, I think.) If it's dpkg, then "apt-cache policy dpkg" tells me "dpkg:
+ -I don't know the version of the package. I don't actually know what package failed. I'm assuming it was dpkg, since that's what was automatically filled in when I reached this page. (I reached this page via the "Report Problem" button, I think.) If it's dpkg, then "apt-cache policy dpkg" tells me "dpkg:
    Installed: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4
    Candidate: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4
    Version table:
   *** 1.15.5.6ubuntu4 0
          500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  "
  -I expected 10.04 to continue with installation
- -Instead, I received some errors (see wayyyy above), and finally ended up at this page, where I'm reporting the issue.
- 
- I've taken (a) photo(s) of the error dialogue(s) I received. I can email
- them to [who?] if they're interested. Please get back to me if you can
- regarding that at jesse.noordegraaf at gmail.com.
+ -Instead, I received some errors (see above), and finally ended up at this page, where I'm reporting the issue.
  
  Please note that I am checking the "security vulnerability" checkbox
- because I received notification (see wayyyy above) that my system may
- now be unstable.
- 
+ because I received notification that my system may now be unstable.
  
  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Apr 29 18:27:08 2010
  DkmsStatus:
   nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-21-generic, i686: installed
   nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.31-20-generic, i686: installed
  ErrorMessage:
   ErrorMessage: package xserver-xorg-core is already installed and configured
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:0a0c Logitech, Inc.
   Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  MachineType: MSI MS-7236
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=5594a34c-b94a-435e-afa1-d72cdf83f48a ro vga=795 quiet splash
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Title: package xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 failed to install/upgrade:
  dmi.bios.date: 09/11/2006
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 080012
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: MS-7236
  dmi.board.vendor: MSI
  dmi.board.version: 2.2
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080012:bd09/11/2006:svnMSI:pnMS-7236:pvr2.2:rvnMSI:rnMS-7236:rvr2.2:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: MS-7236
  dmi.product.version: 2.2
  dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
  system:
   distro:             Ubuntu
   codename:           lucid
   architecture:       i686
   kernel:             2.6.31-20-generic

** Attachment removed: "A photo of the error dialogue"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/571985/+attachment/1358646/+files/Error%20during%20distro%20upgrade%20in%20ubuntu.jpg

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Title:
  package xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 failed to
  install/upgrade:

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: dpkg

  This is the error I got (see Summary) after waiting for 10.04 to
  install. The warning dialogue says something about 10.04 failing to
  install and my system possibly being in an unstable, unusable state.
  It was rather intimidating, and unfortunately I didn't write down
  everything exactly. It said something about launching a recovery
  [console? service? I can't remember], but Firefox interrupted with
  Launchpad because I had chosen to report the error. Well, I'm
  submitting this, and then I'm going to see what that Recovery part was
  all about.

  Here is the information that the Ubuntu Guidelines recommend I give:
  -Release: System > About Ubuntu tells me 10.04 since the install just went (but apparently failed?). Actually, I guess it's 9.10.
  -I don't know the version of the package. I don't actually know what package failed. I'm assuming it was dpkg, since that's what was automatically filled in when I reached this page. (I reached this page via the "Report Problem" button, I think.) If it's dpkg, then "apt-cache policy dpkg" tells me "dpkg:
    Installed: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4
    Candidate: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4
    Version table:
   *** 1.15.5.6ubuntu4 0
          500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  "
  -I expected 10.04 to continue with installation
  -Instead, I received some errors (see above), and finally ended up at this page, where I'm reporting the issue.

  Please note that I am checking the "security vulnerability" checkbox
  because I received notification that my system may now be unstable.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Apr 29 18:27:08 2010
  DkmsStatus:
   nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-21-generic, i686: installed
   nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.31-20-generic, i686: installed
  ErrorMessage:
   ErrorMessage: package xserver-xorg-core is already installed and configured
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:0a0c Logitech, Inc.
   Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  MachineType: MSI MS-7236
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=5594a34c-b94a-435e-afa1-d72cdf83f48a ro vga=795 quiet splash
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Title: package xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 failed to install/upgrade:
  dmi.bios.date: 09/11/2006
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 080012
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: MS-7236
  dmi.board.vendor: MSI
  dmi.board.version: 2.2
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080012:bd09/11/2006:svnMSI:pnMS-7236:pvr2.2:rvnMSI:rnMS-7236:rvr2.2:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: MS-7236
  dmi.product.version: 2.2
  dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
  system:
   distro:             Ubuntu
   codename:           lucid
   architecture:       i686
   kernel:             2.6.31-20-generic

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