Base cause for me was actively setting the root password to be different from the initial user password requested by the install wizard. apt was still trying to use a copy of the initial password, so variations of sudo su -, plus command line aptitude calls saved the day.
I still believe strongly in keeping that root password different and secure, so I just got used to the penalty of doing my updates in CLI (which I like anyway) -steve On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Andrew Allcock <ajallc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > My report of this bug came from when I was using 11.04 Beta. This has > not occurred to me in the full release but, if it helps, the full > release is a dual-boot installation and upgraded from 10.10 whereas the > beta release was an upgrade of a WUBI install. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (774286). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442941 > > Title: > debconf failed to upgrade from 1.5.27ubuntu1 to 1.5.27ubuntu2: exit > status 128 - Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66 > > Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in “tzdata” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: debconf > > Failed to report to debconf during first upgrade after installation of > 9.10 beta. Upgrade failed. > > ProblemType: Package > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Mon Oct 5 09:54:06 2009 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error > exit status 128 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Package: debconf 1.5.27ubuntu2 > PackageArchitecture: all > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic > SourcePackage: debconf > Title: package debconf 1.5.27ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess > installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128 > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debconf/+bug/442941/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442941 Title: debconf failed to upgrade from 1.5.27ubuntu1 to 1.5.27ubuntu2: exit status 128 - Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debconf/+bug/442941/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
