package autofs 5.0.8-1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Irfan]

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 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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Errors were encountered while processing:
 autofs
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: autofs 5.0.8-1ubuntu3.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: hid_generic usbhid hid psmouse pata_acpi i915 fjes atl1c video i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops drm
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 17 11:36:56 2016
DuplicateSignature: package:autofs:5.0.8-1ubuntu3.2:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-17 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1
 apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4
SourcePackage: autofs
Title: package autofs 5.0.8-1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

From log:

Job for autofs.service failed. See "systemctl status autofs.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript autofs, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package autofs (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Can you please provide the output of "systemctl status autofs.service" and "journalctl -xe" to help further triage this issue?

Since there isn't enough information in your report to differentiate between a local configuration problem and a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

[Irfan (irfan.gwb)]

root@gwb:~# systemctl status autofs.service
● autofs.service - LSB: Automounts filesystems on demand
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/autofs)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2016-10-20 16:11:36 IST; 13s ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 3507 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/autofs start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Oct 20 16:11:36 gwb systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Automounts filesystems on demand...
Oct 20 16:11:36 gwb autofs[3507]: * Starting automount...
Oct 20 16:11:36 gwb autofs[3507]: ...fail!
Oct 20 16:11:36 gwb systemd[1]: autofs.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Oct 20 16:11:36 gwb systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Automounts filesystems on demand.
Oct 20 16:11:36 gwb systemd[1]: Unit autofs.service entered failed state.
Oct 20 16:11:36 gwb systemd[1]: autofs.service failed.
root@gwb:~#

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi Irfan,
thanks for the log, but this is only the status report requested by Joshua.
Here I can't atm find any further help.

I'd still hope that we could find something in "journalctl -xe -u autofs" if you can provide that.

On the other hand I've seen in the log this:
Oct 17 11:33:22 hostname systemd[1]: Failed to insert module 'autofs4'

Could it be that you updated your kernel and cleaned up but are still in an old environment?
In that case it could fail to load further modules?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for autofs (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]