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package libpam-gnome-keyring 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 143

Bug #444216 reported by Anand Kumria on 2009-10-06

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #444252: tmp cleaned during upgrades and breaking installations?. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	pam (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-keyring

1)

eve[~]% lsb_release -rd
aptDescription: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

2)

eve[~]% apt-cache policy gnome-keyring
gnome-keyring:
  Installed: 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
*** 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
eve[~]% apt-cache policy libpam-gnome-keyring
libpam-gnome-keyring:
  Installed: 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
*** 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3)

Installation to work

4)

During installation, a debconf dialog popped up and asked me to choose which PAM backend I wanted to enable (all were orginallyset to be disabled).

I selected them all, only to be informed that I need to select at least one. This time I de-selected them all, and tried to go 'forward'; same problem. In no combination of selections, could I go forward (there were 5).

I kill the debconf process (kill -15) and it caused my entire system to commence a shutdown sequence. And then the crash dialog came up when I logged back in.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 6 03:33:00 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 143
Package: libpam-gnome-keyring 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-keyring
Title: package libpam-gnome-keyring 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 143
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686

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Anand Kumria (wildfire) wrote on 2009-10-06:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (627 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (122.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (32.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2009-10-06

affects:

gnome-keyring (Ubuntu) → pam (Ubuntu)

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2009-10-06:

#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and help to improve Ubuntu.

It has been suggested that, given the timing of its appearance, this strange (and largely inexplicable) debconf behavior is fallout from bug #444252. Marking as a duplicate; will revisit if we get further reports of this problem now that 444252 is resolved.

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Anand Kumria (wildfire) wrote on 2009-10-06:

#3

I think it is unlikely to be a duplicate.

Basically, I could do upgrades but each time but I would get a graphical debconf screen which would not let me progress.

I did an upgrade from the command line, and this time debconf accepts that I had checked everything and configured the package.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2009-10-06:

#4

What version of libpam-runtime do you have installed on this system?

What do you see as console output if you run DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg-reconfigure libpam-gnome-keyring in a terminal as root?

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Anand Kumria (wildfire) wrote on 2009-10-06:

#5

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eve[~]% dpkg -l | grep libpam
ii libpam-ck-connector 0.3.1-0ubuntu2 ConsoleKit PAM module
ii libpam-doc 1.1.0-2ubuntu1 Documentation of PAM
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 PAM module to unlock the GNOME keyring upon login
ii libpam-modules 1.1.0-2ubuntu1 Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM
ii libpam-mount 1.27-4 PAM module that can mount volumes for a user session
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.0-2ubuntu1 Runtime support for the PAM library
ii libpam0g 1.1.0-2ubuntu1 Pluggable Authentication Modules library
ii update-motd 3.5-0ubuntu1 superceded by pam_motd in libpam-modules
eve[~]% DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer
eve[~]% sudo su -
eve:~# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg-reconfigure libpam-gnome-keyring
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (developer): Trying to find a templates file..
debconf (developer): Trying /usr/sbin/pam-auth-update.templates
debconf (developer): Trying /usr/share/debconf/templates/pam-auth-update.templates
debconf (developer): Couldn't find a templates file.
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is
debconf (developer): starting /usr/sbin/pam-auth-update --package
debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0
debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0
debconf (developer): <-- CAPB backup
debconf (developer): --> 0 multiselect escape backup
debconf (developer): <-- X_LOADTEMPLATEFILE /var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam-runtime.templates libpam-runtime
debconf (developer): --> 0
debconf (developer): <-- SUBST libpam-runtime/profiles profile_names unix, libpam-mount, gnome-keyring, ecryptfs-utils, consolekit
debconf (developer): --> 0
debconf (developer): <-- SUBST libpam-runtime/profiles profiles Unix authentication, Mount volumes for user, GNOME Keyring Daemon - Login keyring management, eCryptfs Key/Mount Management, ConsoleKit Session Management
debconf (developer): --> 0
debconf (developer): <-- FSET libpam-runtime/profiles seen false
debconf (developer): --> 0 false
debconf (developer): <-- SET libpam-runtime/profiles unix, libpam-mount, gnome-keyring, ecryptfs-utils, consolekit
debconf (developer): --> 0 value set
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium libpam-runtime/profiles
debconf (developer): --> 0 question will be asked
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): <-- GET libpam-runtime/profiles
debconf (developer): --> 0 unix, libpam-mount, gnome-keyring, ecryptfs-utils, consolekit
debconf (developer): <-- FSET libpam-runtime/profiles seen false
debconf (developer): --> 0 false
debconf (developer): <-- SET libpam-runtime/profiles unix, libpam-mount, gnome-keyring, ecryptfs-utils, consolekit
debconf (developer): --> 0 value set
debconf (developer): <-- FSET libpam-runtime/override seen false
debconf (developer): --> ...

eve[~]% dpkg -l | grep libpam
ii  libpam-ck-connector                          0.3.1-0ubuntu2                             ConsoleKit PAM module
ii  libpam-doc                                   1.1.0-2ubuntu1                             Documentation of PAM
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring                         2.28.0-0ubuntu2                            PAM module to unlock the GNOME keyring upon login
ii  libpam-modules                               1.1.0-2ubuntu1                             Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM
ii  libpam-mount                                 1.27-4                                     PAM module that can mount volumes for a user session
ii  libpam-runtime                               1.1.0-2ubuntu1                             Runtime support for the PAM library
ii  libpam0g                                     1.1.0-2ubuntu1                             Pluggable Authentication Modules library
ii  update-motd                                  3.5-0ubuntu1                               superceded by pam_motd in libpam-modules
eve[~]% DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer
eve[~]% sudo su -
eve:~# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg-reconfigure libpam-gnome-keyring
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (developer): Trying to find a templates file..
debconf (developer): Trying /usr/sbin/pam-auth-update.templates
debconf (developer): Trying /usr/share/debconf/templates/pam-auth-update.templates
debconf (developer): Couldn't find a templates file.
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is 
debconf (developer): starting /usr/sbin/pam-auth-update --package
debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0
debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0
debconf (developer): <-- CAPB backup
debconf (developer): --> 0 multiselect escape backup
debconf (developer): <-- X_LOADTEMPLATEFILE /var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam-runtime.templates libpam-runtime
debconf (developer): --> 0
debconf (developer): <-- SUBST libpam-runtime/profiles profile_names unix, libpam-mount, gnome-keyring, ecryptfs-utils, consolekit
debconf (developer): --> 0
debconf (developer): <-- SUBST libpam-runtime/profiles profiles Unix authentication, Mount volumes for user, GNOME Keyring Daemon - Login keyring management, eCryptfs Key/Mount Management, ConsoleKit Session Management
debconf (developer): --> 0
debconf (developer): <-- FSET libpam-runtime/profiles seen false
debconf (developer): --> 0 false
debconf (developer): <-- SET libpam-runtime/profiles unix, libpam-mount, gnome-keyring, ecryptfs-utils, consolekit
debconf (developer): --> 0 value set
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium libpam-runtime/profiles
debconf (developer): --> 0 question will be asked
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): <-- GET libpam-runtime/profiles
debconf (developer): --> 0 unix, libpam-mount, gnome-keyring, ecryptfs-utils, consolekit
debconf (developer): <-- FSET libpam-runtime/profiles seen false
debconf (developer): --> 0 false
debconf (developer): <-- SET libpam-runtime/profiles unix, libpam-mount, gnome-keyring, ecryptfs-utils, consolekit
debconf (developer): --> 0 value set
debconf (developer): <-- FSET libpam-runtime/override seen false
debconf (developer): --> 0 false
debconf (developer): <-- SET libpam-runtime/override false
debconf (developer): --> 0 value set

I do get a curses based debconf prompt with everything selected.

Oddly, I am now not able to able to get the graphical frontend to debconf to work:

ssh -X localhost -l root, and I can run:

dpkg-reconfigure -fgnome debconf

(and see a graphical display)

but

dpkg-reconfigure -fgnome libpam-gnome-keyring

still comes up with the curses interface.

Thanks,
Anand

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