package pulseaudio-module-x11 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.7 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Mami]

Hi , Can someone please help with that bug

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: pulseaudio-module-x11 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-42-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ashr3f 1749 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Wed Jan 10 09:41:07 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:pulseaudio-module-x11:1:8.0-0ubuntu3.7
 Setting up libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386 (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.7) ...
 dpkg: error processing package pulseaudio-module-x11 (--configure):
  package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-30 (101 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20170801)
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Title: package pulseaudio-module-x11 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.7 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/19/2017
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00
dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: None
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr6.00:bd05/19/2017:svnVMware,Inc.:pnVMwareVirtualPlatform:pvrNone:rvnIntelCorporation:rn440BXDesktopReferencePlatform:rvrNone:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform
dmi.product.version: None
dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc.

[Mami (ashr3f+)]

it becomes like that
dpkg: error processing package pulseaudio-module-x11 (--configure):
 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration
Errors were encountered while processing:
 pulseaudio-module-x11
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Sounds like bug 1669654