Ubuntu
lubuntu-default-settings package

unable to make /etc/lxdm/default.conf.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/lxdm.conf

Bug #527482 reported by Leo Milano
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
lubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Julien Lavergne

Bug Description

Binary package hint: lubuntu-default-settings

In the latest upgrade of lubuntu-default-settings for Lucid (version 0.5), I got the error described in the bug report summary. Uninstalling and re-installing didn't help. It seems to be a missing target for a symlink. Here is a log of an installation after removal:

leo@grisell:~$ sudo apt-get install lubuntu-default-settings
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libqscintilla2-5 libwebkit-1.0-common libpolkit-qt0 libqtscript4-network vcdimager libsmokeqt4-3 libqtscript4-gui libtag-extras1 libqtscript4-sql devicekit-disks libqtscript4-xml gnome-brave-icon-theme libindicate3 ruby1.8 libsmokekde4-3 ruby amarok-utils
  libqtruby4shared2 gnome-colors-common libkde4-ruby1.8 libqt4-ruby1.8 libwebkit-1.0-2 libkde4-ruby libqtscript4-uitools libruby1.8 liblastfm0 libqtscript4-core libsmokesoprano3
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  lubuntu-default-settings
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 11.4kB of archives.
After this operation, 238kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe lubuntu-default-settings 0.5 [11.4kB]
Fetched 11.4kB in 0s (12.7kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package lubuntu-default-settings.
(Reading database ... 253554 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking lubuntu-default-settings (from .../lubuntu-default-settings_0.5_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Setting up lubuntu-default-settings (0.5) ...
update-alternatives: using /etc/xdg/lubuntu/lxdm/lxdm.conf to provide /etc/lxdm/default.conf (lxdm.conf) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: error: unable to make /etc/lxdm/default.conf.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/lxdm.conf: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing lubuntu-default-settings (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 lubuntu-default-settings
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 24 19:14:04 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: lubuntu-default-settings 0.5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-14.20-server
SourcePackage: lubuntu-default-settings
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-14-server x86_64

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Leo Milano (lmilano) wrote :
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Leo Milano (lmilano) wrote :

I just tested in latest Lucid, same issue. Is this a local problem in my computer or a packaging issue? I don't really use Lubuntu, but I am trying to help because I came across this bug and it seems like a biggie.

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Julien Lavergne (gilir) wrote :

Thanks for the bug. Yes I think it's a packaging problem.
Could you try to mkdir /etc/lxdm and retry to update the package again ?

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Leo Milano (lmilano) wrote :

Hi Julien,

Yes, that certainly works, the install script is missing the check for /etc/lxdm

leo@grisell:~$ sudo mkdir /etc/lxdm
[sudo] password for leo:
leo@grisell:~$ sudo apt-get install lubuntu-default-settings
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  lubuntu-default-settings
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/11.4kB of archives.
After this operation, 238kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package lubuntu-default-settings.
(Reading database ... 210713 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking lubuntu-default-settings (from .../lubuntu-default-settings_0.5_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Setting up lubuntu-default-settings (0.5) ...
update-alternatives: using /etc/xdg/lubuntu/lxdm/lxdm.conf to provide /etc/lxdm/default.conf (lxdm.conf) in auto mode.

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Julien Lavergne (gilir) wrote :

Thanks for the test, I'll fix it in the next upload.

Changed in lubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Julien Lavergne (gilir)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package lubuntu-default-settings - 0.6

---------------
lubuntu-default-settings (0.6) lucid; urgency=low

  * Set iconsize to 22 and panel height to 24 for panel settings. It displays
    correct icons size for panel icons. Thanks Leszek Lesner.
  * usr/bin/start* :
   - From LXDE upstream, make sure dbus is launched when it's necessary.
   - Add polkit-gnome-authentification-agent-1 to make polkit working again.
  * Add custom defaults.list for applications by default.
  * debian/dirs: Add /etc/lxdm, to be sure the directory exit (LP: #527482).
 -- Julien Lavergne <email address hidden> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:35:26 +0100

Changed in lubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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