>From the day this bug has happened, I can't no more get updates. Is
there a workaround?
That's the output of "apt-get upgrade":
Setting up vim-tiny (2:7.3.154+hg~74503f6ee649-2ubuntu3) ...
update-alternatives: error: cannot stat
/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter-ubuntu.conf: Too many levels of symbolic links
dpkg: error processing vim-tiny (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg: dependency
problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-minimal:
ubuntu-minimal depends on vim-tiny; however:
Package vim-tiny is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-minimal (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Setting up
firefox (7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2) ...
update-alternatives: error: cannot stat
/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter-ubuntu.conf: Too many levels of symbolic links
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg: dependency
problems prevent configuration of firefox-globalmenu:
firefox-globalmenu depends on firefox (= 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2);
however:
Package firefox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox-globalmenu (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg: dependency
problems prevent configuration of firefox-gnome-support:
firefox-gnome-support depends on firefox; however:
Package firefox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox-gnome-support (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Setting up
lightdm-gtk-greeter (1.0.1-0ubuntu6) ...
update-alternatives: error: cannot stat
/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter-ubuntu.conf: Too many levels of symbolic links
dpkg: error processing lightdm-gtk-greeter (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Setting up
samba-common-bin (2:3.5.11~dfsg-1ubuntu2) ...
update-alternatives: error: cannot stat
/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter-ubuntu.conf: Too many levels of symbolic links
dpkg: error processing samba-common-bin (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg: dependency
problems prevent configuration of samba:
samba depends on samba-common-bin; however:
Package samba-common-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg: dependency
problems prevent configuration of xubuntu-default-settings:
xubuntu-default-settings depends on lightdm-gtk-greeter (>= 1.0.0-0ubuntu2);
however:
Package lightdm-gtk-greeter is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xubuntu-default-settings (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg: dependency
problems prevent configuration of xubuntu-desktop:
xubuntu-desktop depends on lightdm-gtk-greeter; however:
Package lightdm-gtk-greeter is not configured yet.
xubuntu-desktop depends on xubuntu-default-settings; however:
Package xubuntu-default-settings is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xubuntu-desktop (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were
encountered while processing:
vim-tiny
ubuntu-minimal
firefox
firefox-globalmenu
firefox-gnome-support
lightdm-gtk-greeter
samba-common-bin
samba
xubuntu-default-settings
xubuntu-desktop
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868176
Title:
package lightdm-gtk-greeter 1.0.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
lightdm-gtk-greeter: config file '/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter-
ubuntu.conf' is a circular link
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “lightdm” source package in Oneiric:
Confirmed
Bug description:
While installing update for 10.10 I cannot install this package
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: lightdm-gtk-greeter 1.0.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 5 10:03:51 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error
exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
SourcePackage: lightdm
Title: package lightdm-gtk-greeter 1.0.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-23 (11 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.lightdm.lightdm.gtk.greeter.ubuntu.conf: [deleted]
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