[Bug 468881] Re: package postfix 2.6.5-3 failed to install/upgrade:

mikek6mkf mike.flowers at gmail.com
Mon Nov 2 15:42:38 GMT 2009


Hi Chuck,

Thanks!  I corrected my hostname in hosts, hostname and the postfix
main.cfand restarted postfix.

Working fine now.

Thanks for the help to a Ubuntu newbie!

--Mike

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 5:11 AM, Chuck Short
<chuck.short at canonical.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You are using an invalid hostname. To look what makes a valid hostname,
> please see:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname#Restrictions_on_valid_host_names
>
> Regards
> chuck
>
> =====
>
> Relevant error:
>
> Running newaliases
>
> newaliases: warning: valid_hostname: numeric hostname: 04
>
> newaliases: fatal: file /etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mydomain: bad
> parameter value: 04
>
> dpkg: error processing postfix (--configure):
>
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 75
>
> ** Changed in: postfix (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Invalid
>
> --
> package postfix 2.6.5-3 failed to install/upgrade:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/468881
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
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>
> Status in “postfix” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: postfix
>
> Upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 via Upgrade Manager and it failed with error = 1
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sun Nov  1 11:10:03 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> ErrorMessage:
>  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error
> exit status 75
> Package: postfix 2.6.5-3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-16.55-generic
> SourcePackage: postfix
> Title: package postfix 2.6.5-3 failed to install/upgrade:
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-16-generic i686
> XsessionErrors:
>  (nautilus:4321): Liboobs-WARNING **: Failed to connect to socket
> /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
>  (gnome-panel:4319): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to
> allocate widget with width -5 and height 25
>


--

73 de Mike, K6MKF

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