package libcolumbus1-common 1.1.0+14.04.20140325.3-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Don Leverington]

this crashes the computer, I pressed ctrl+alt+f1 and it gave me a manual config command if I remember its: sudo apt-get --configure -a

I'm not 100% positive this crashed the system, but the system requested updates and we installed these than we got a black screen after logging in. Every time we rebooted the computer we were always able to login but received a black screen including the guest account.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: libcolumbus1-common 1.1.0+14.04.20140325.3-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-43.49-generic 3.19.8-ckt10
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-43-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 13 20:24:42 2016
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature: package:libcolumbus1-common:1.1.0+14.04.20140325.3-0ubuntu3:package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-22 (510 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4.2
SourcePackage: libcolumbus
Title: package libcolumbus1-common 1.1.0+14.04.20140325.3-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2016-01-12 (1 days ago)