Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager
upgrade from 6.06 -> 6.10 using sudo update-manager -c Short into the update I get this fatal: "Could not install 'libc6' The upgrade aborts now. Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport. subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)" and the terminal shows: "Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.6-0ubuntu20.4 (using .../libc6_2.4-1ubuntu12.3_i386.deb) ... all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc6 ... Setting up libc6 (2.4-1ubuntu12.3) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/glibc.sh ... buntu7_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault) Errors were encountered while processing: libc6 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 740, in emit self.flush() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 718, in flush self.stream.flush() IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor edgy: Fatal IO error 9 (Bad file descriptor) on X server :0.0. " I am not running gnome or any other fancy X environment. Just a almost blank X server. Will attach logfiles later.... ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- upgrade to edgy: segmentation fault updating libc6 https://launchpad.net/bugs/83280 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs