package tftpd-hpa None failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 71

[Praveen (ప్రవీణ్) Garlapati (గార్లపాటి)]

Binary package hint: tftp-hpa

Upgraded from Gutsy to Hardy.
I see a series of crashes when I login to gnome.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 7 18:51:20 2008
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 71
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: tftpd-hpa None
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: tftp-hpa
Title: package tftpd-hpa None failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 71
Uname: Linux prag-lnx1 2.6.24-2-generic #1 SMP Thu Dec 20 17:36:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[tomlohave (tomlohave)]

same error but after a fullinstall of Hardy

[Loye Young (loyeyoung)]

Same problem here. Upgrading from Gutsy to Hardy.

Output of "aptitude install tftpd-hpa":
<quote>
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 375171 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace tftpd-hpa 0.43-1.1ubuntu1 (using .../tftpd-hpa_0.48-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Stopping HPA's tftpd: in.tftpdNo in.tftpd found running; none killed.
invoke-rc.d: initscript tftpd-hpa, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Stopping HPA's tftpd: in.tftpdNo in.tftpd found running; none killed.
invoke-rc.d: initscript tftpd-hpa, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tftpd-hpa_0.48-1ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Starting HPA's tftpd: in.tftpdinvoke-rc.d: initscript tftpd-hpa, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 71
</quote>

/var/log/syslog shows:
<quote>
in.tftpd[8716]: cannot bind to local socket: Address already in use
</quote>

"ps -e | grep ftp" finds nothing.

"netstat -l | grep ftp" shows:
<quote>
udp 0 0 *:tftp *:*
</quote>

"grep tftp /etc/services" shows:
<quote>
tftp 69/udp
</quote>

Happy Trails,

Loye Young
Isaac & Young Computer Company
Laredo, Texas
http://www.iycc.biz