package udev 229-4ubuntu10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Michael Walther]

In the apt-get output, there are many lines like this:

update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
insserv: warning: script 'K10runmbbservice' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'runmbbservice' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: There is a loop between service plymouth and procps if started
insserv: loop involving service procps at depth 2
insserv: loop involving service udev at depth 1
insserv: There is a loop at service plymouth if started
insserv: There is a loop at service runmbbservice if started
insserv: There is a loop between service runmbbservice and hwclock if started
insserv: loop involving service hwclock at depth 1
insserv: Starting runmbbservice depends on plymouth and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
[...]
insserv: Starting runmbbservice depends on plymouth and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Max recursions depth 99 reached
insserv: loop involving service bluetooth at depth 1
insserv: Starting runmbbservice depends on plymouth and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
[...]
insserv: Starting runmbbservice depends on plymouth and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: There is a loop between service plymouth and urandom if started
insserv: loop involving service urandom at depth 3
insserv: loop involving service mountdevsubfs at depth 1
insserv: Starting runmbbservice depends on plymouth and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
[...]
insserv: Starting runmbbservice depends on plymouth and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: There is a loop between service runmbbservice and udev if started
insserv: loop involving service mountkernfs at depth 1
insserv: Starting runmbbservice depends on plymouth and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
[...]
insserv: Starting runmbbservice depends on plymouth and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: There is a loop between service runmbbservice and dns-clean if started
insserv: loop involving service dns-clean at depth 1
insserv: exiting now without changing boot order!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing package udev (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: udev 229-4ubuntu10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CustomUdevRuleFiles: 80-canon_mfp.rules
Date: Sun Oct 2 09:21:27 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-25 (281 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
Lsusb:
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: MSI MS-7971
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic root=/dev/mapper/xubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: systemd
Title: package udev 229-4ubuntu10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-22 (132 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A.40
dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.board.name: Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 2.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
dmi.chassis.version: 2.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrA.40:bd09/07/2015:svnMSI:pnMS-7971:pvr2.0:rvnMSI:rnZ170APCMATE(MS-7971):rvr2.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr2.0:
dmi.product.name: MS-7971
dmi.product.version: 2.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI

[Michael Walther (miwalther)]

Further analysis shows that the system has an (empty?!?) file runmbservice in the /etc/init.d/ directory, plus links in the rcX.d directories:

root@bto03:~# find /etc/ | grep runmbbservice | xargs ls -ld
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Sep 28 11:44 /etc/init.d/runmbbservice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Sep 28 11:44 /etc/rc2.d/K10runmbbservice -> /etc/init.d/runmbbservice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Sep 28 11:44 /etc/rc2.d/S99runmbbservice -> /etc/init.d/runmbbservice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Sep 28 11:44 /etc/rc3.d/K10runmbbservice -> /etc/init.d/runmbbservice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Sep 28 11:44 /etc/rc3.d/S99runmbbservice -> /etc/init.d/runmbbservice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Sep 28 11:44 /etc/rc4.d/K10runmbbservice -> /etc/init.d/runmbbservice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Sep 28 11:44 /etc/rc4.d/S99runmbbservice -> /etc/init.d/runmbbservice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Sep 28 11:44 /etc/rc5.d/K10runmbbservice -> /etc/init.d/runmbbservice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Sep 28 11:44 /etc/rc5.d/S99runmbbservice -> /etc/init.d/runmbbservice

Removing this (useless?!?) file and links turns the "apt-get upgrade" into this:

root@bto03:~# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Setting up udev (229-4ubuntu10) ...
addgroup: The group `input' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up ubuntu-drivers-common (1:0.4.17.2) ...
Setting up ifupdown (0.8.10ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.1) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-36-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_dmc_ver1.bin for module i915_bpo
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/skl_guc_ver6.bin for module i915_bpo
root@bto03:~#