package gdm 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

Bug #613150 reported by jack boychuk
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gdm (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

Install KDM , Set Default and put automatic Login in a single-user ( Setting KDE By Default in Automatic Login )
After , Put Again GDM by Default , and uninstall "KDM" & "Kubuntu-Desktop"
Now when you restart the machine , this Login in "KDE"
Logout , to GDM , not show you in the bottom Bar , except "Shutdown Button" , and when you make click in "UserName" & Put the "Password" , you can't select another DESKTOP.

Go to the Terminal "CONTROL+ALT+F1" By Example
Login

$ sudo killall Xorg
$ sudo killall gdm-simple-slave
$ sudo apt-get -f remove --purge gnome-power-manager gdm

By this steps , i find this bug :)

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04

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jack boychuk (j2boychuk-gmail) wrote :
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

error there is:

Removing gdm ...
Please be sure to run "dpkg-reconfigure kdm".
Purging configuration files for gdm ...
Removing user `gdm' ...
Warning: group `gdm' has no more members.
userdel: user gdm is currently logged in
/usr/sbin/deluser: `/usr/sbin/userdel gdm' returned error code 8. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing gdm (--purge):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
description: updated
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gdm - 2.32.0-0ubuntu6

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gdm (2.32.0-0ubuntu6) natty; urgency=low

  * Backported some changes from Debian
  * debian/patches/39_grep_path.patch:
    - Don’t hardcode grep to a wrong location.
  * debian/gdm.postrm:
    - correctly deal with uninstalls while gdm is still running (lp: #613150)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:53:46 +0100

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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