update ubuntu package problem (10.04.2 LTS)

[Peng Yu]

Hi,

I try to update my ubuntu. But I got the following error. Could you
please let me know what the problem is and how to fix it?


$ sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for xxyy:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  linux-headers-server linux-image-server linux-server
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
21 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Setting up dbus (1.2.16-2ubuntu4.2) ...
The system user `messagebus' already exists. Exiting.
chown: invalid group: `root:messagebus'
dpkg: error processing dbus (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of consolekit:
 consolekit depends on dbus (>= 1.1.2); however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing consolekit (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus-x11:
 dbus-x11 depends on dbus; however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dbus-x11 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gconf2-common:
 gconf2-common depends on dbus; however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gconf2-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgconf2-4:
 libgconf2-4 depeNo apport report written because the error message
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                                             nds on gconf2-common (>=
2.28); however:
  Package gconf2-common is not configured yet.
 libgconf2-4 depends on gconf2-common (<< 2.29); however:
  Package gconf2-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgconf2-4 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gconf2:
 gconf2 depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.27.0); however:
  Package libgconf2-4 is not configured yet.
 gconf2 depends on gconf2-common (>= 2.28); however:
  Package gconf2-common is not configured yet.
 gconf2 depends on gconf2-common (<< 2.29); however:
  Package gconf2-common is not configured yet.
 gconf2 depends on dbus-x11; however:
  Package dbus-x11 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gconf2 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-keyring:
 gnome-keyring depends on gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2); however:
  Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
 gnome-keyring depends on dbNo apport report written because
MaxReports is reached already

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written because MaxReports is reached already
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because MaxReports is reached already

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MaxReports is reached already
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MaxReports is reached already

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      us-x11; however:
  Package dbus-x11 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-keyring (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of udisks:
 udisks depends on dbus; however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing udisks (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgdu0:
 libgdu0 depends on udisks (>= 1.0.0~); however:
  Package udisks is not configured yet.
 libgdu0 depends on udisks (<< 1.1.0); however:
  Package udisks is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgdu0 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of policykit-1:
 policykit-1 depends on consolekit; however:
  Package consolekit is not configured yet.
 policykit-1 depends on dbus; however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing policykit-1 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of policykit-1-gnome:
 policykit-1-gnome depends on policykit-1; however:
  Package policykit-1 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing policykit-1-gnome (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gvfs:
 gvfs depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.27.0); however:
  Package libgconf2-4 is not configured yet.
 gvfs depends on libgdu0 (>= 2.29.90); however:
  Package libgdu0 is not configured yet.
 gvfs depends on policykit-1-gnome; however:
  Package policykit-1-gnome is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gvfs (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libsoup-gnome2.4-1:
 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.27.0); however:
  Package libgconf2-4 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libsoup-gnome2.4-1 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gvfs-backends:
 gvfs-backends depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.27.0); however:
  Package libgconf2-4 is not configured yet.
 gvfs-backends depends on libsoup-gnome2.4-1 (>= 2.27.4); however:
  Package libsoup-gnome2.4-1 is not configured yet.
 gvfs-backends depends on gvfs (= 1.6.1-0ubuntu1build1); however:
  Package gvfs is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gvfs-backends (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomevfs2-common:
 libgnomevfs2-common depends on gconf2 (>= 2.12.1-1); however:
  Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnomevfs2-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomevfs2-0:
 libgnomevfs2-0 depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.27.0); however:
  Package libgconf2-4 is not configured yet.
 libgnomevfs2-0 depends on dbus (>= 0.90); however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
 libgnomevfs2-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-common (>= 1:2.24); however:
  Package libgnomevfs2-common is not configured yet.
 libgnomevfs2-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-common (<< 1:2.25); however:
  Package libgnomevfs2-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnomevfs2-0 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome2-common:
 libgnome2-common depends on gconf2 (>= 2.12.1-1); however:
  Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome2-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome2-0:
 libgnome2-0 depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.27.0); however:
  Package libgconf2-4 is not configured yet.
 libgnome2-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
  Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
 libgnome2-0 depends on libgnome2-common (>= 2.30); however:
  Package libgnome2-common is not configured yet.
 libgnome2-0 depends on libgnome2-common (<< 2.31); however:
  Package libgnome2-common is not configured yet.
 libgnome2-0 depends on gvfs; however:
  Package gvfs is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome2-0 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libbonoboui2-0:
 libbonoboui2-0 depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.27.0); however:
  Package libgconf2-4 is not configured yet.
 libbonoboui2-0 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
  Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libbonoboui2-0 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomeui-0:
 libgnomeui-0 depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
  Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
 libgnomeui-0 depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.27.0); however:
  Package libgconf2-4 is not configured yet.
 libgnomeui-0 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
  Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
 libgnomeui-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
  Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnomeui-0 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vim-gnome:
 vim-gnome depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
  Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
 vim-gnome depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
  Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
 vim-gnome depends on libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.22.0); however:
  Package libgnomeui-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing vim-gnome (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dbus
 consolekit
 dbus-x11
 gconf2-common
 libgconf2-4
 gconf2
 gnome-keyring
 udisks
 libgdu0
 policykit-1
 policykit-1-gnome
 gvfs
 libsoup-gnome2.4-1
 gvfs-backends
 libgnomevfs2-common
 libgnomevfs2-0
 libgnome2-common
 libgnome2-0
 libbonoboui2-0
 libgnomeui-0
 vim-gnome
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


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Regards,
Peng