[Bug 991433] Re: package plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text 0.8.2-2ubuntu30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[Steve Langasek]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 989331 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/989331

The error in the log is:

Setting up plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text (0.8.2-2ubuntu30) ...
update-alternatives: error: cannot stat file '/lib/plymouth/themes/text.plymouth': Too many levels of symbolic links
dpkg: error processing plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

This is a misconfiguration of the plymouth theme alternative.  Do you
know how your system got into this state?  This is not the first report
of this problem we've seen for 12.04 - in fact it's about the fourth or
fifth - so either there's a bug in some package which is breaking the
alternative, or there are bad instructions on the Internet telling
people to modify these files by hand in a broken way.

Please show the output of the following command:

ls -l /etc/alternatives/text.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/text.plymouth

After sending this information to the bug, you can fix your problem by running:
  sudo rm /etc/alternatives/text.plymouth
  sudo ln -s /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth /etc/alternatives/text.plymouth
  sudo dpkg --configure -a

** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 989331
   package plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo 0.8.2-2ubuntu30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

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Title:
  package plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text 0.8.2-2ubuntu30 failed to
  install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving
  unconfigured

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  After upgrading to ubuntu 12.04

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text 0.8.2-2ubuntu30
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDmesg:
   [   39.904017] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
   [   46.255793] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1565) terminated with status 1
  Date: Sun Apr 29 15:15:25 2012
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-sunrise/ubuntu-sunrise.plymouth
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  EtcDefaultGrub:
   
  MachineType: MSI MS-7309
  ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=5ecbf5c1-0650-402c-aabc-03b41527f53f ro quiet splash
  ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=5ecbf5c1-0650-402c-aabc-03b41527f53f ro quiet splash
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/text.plymouth
  Title: package plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text 0.8.2-2ubuntu30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 04/09/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: V9.5
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: MS-7309
  dmi.board.vendor: MSI
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV9.5:bd04/09/2009:svnMSI:pnMS-7309:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnMS-7309:rvr1.0:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: MS-7309
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: MSI

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