package emifreq-applet 0.18-3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Phil Leonard]

Binary package hint: emifreq-applet

Package wouldn't install on eee 701

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Aug 11 13:48:42 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: emifreq-applet 0.18-3ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: emifreq-applet
Title: package emifreq-applet 0.18-3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Here is what causes the error:

Selecting previously deselected package emifreq-applet.^M
(Reading database ... 98255 files and directories currently installed.)^M
Unpacking emifreq-applet (from .../emifreq-applet_0.18-3ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...^M
Setting up emifreq-applet (0.18-3ubuntu2) ...^M
Starting CPU frequency scaling daemon: CpuFreq support not available. Check sysfs is mounted and your CPU-specific module is loaded or built in the kernel.^M
invoke-rc.d: initscript emifreq-applet, action "start" failed.^M
dpkg: error processing emifreq-applet (--configure):^M
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2^M

[praseodym (oliver-ehlert)]

Same error and error message on ubuntu studio jaunty after trying to install the package via synaptic

[tommaso (mb3-tim)]

when registered here I was using jaunty netbook remix, on sdb,
then I choose to use the simple ubuntu 9.04 (tryed kubuntu, but like sabayon is too slower on disk than in live), and is now working, on a 900, same error 2, in simple install

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

See if comment https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emifreq-applet/+bug/357632/comments/4 helps:

"The problem can be resolved by enabling 'Cool 'n Quiet' in the BIOS. I don't believe this te be a bud in emifreq-applet."

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Thanks for your report. The package in question is horribly broken and has since been removed from Ubuntu and Debian. Therefor, this bug is being closed.