MYTHTV-COMMON 18722 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[john reid]

Binary package hint: mythtv

INSTALL OF mythbuntu-control-centre. Appears to work, but continually fails to configure mythtv-common, and all therefore all dependent packages.

Setting up mythtv-common (0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing mythtv-common (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

Updated from 8.04 via 8.10 beta and rc.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: mythtv-common 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mythtv
Title: package mythtv-common 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

Can you modify /var/lib/dpkg/info/mythtv-common.postinst and add this line
near the top after the commented lines:

set -x

now run apt-get -f install

That should identify what's failing.

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 09:28, john reid <email address hidden> wrote:

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> ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19490155/Dependencies.txt
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> ** Attachment added: "DpkgTerminalLog.gz"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19490156/DpkgTerminalLog.gz
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> --
> MYTHTV-COMMON 18722 subprocess post-installation script returned error
> exit status 1
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295592
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--
Mario Limonciello
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[john reid (reidjr)]

I replied to your original suggestion by mail, probably the wrong protocol. after adding set -x

> etting up mythtv-common (0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1) ...
> + case "$1" in
> + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
> ++ '[' '!' '' ']'
> ++ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1
> ++ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY
> ++ '[' '' ']'
> ++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/mythtv-common.postinst configure 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1
> + case "$1" in
> + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
> ++ '[' '!' 1 ']'
> ++ '[' -z '' ']'
> ++ exec
> ++ '[' '' ']'
> ++ exec
> ++ DEBCONF_REDIR=1
> ++ export DEBCONF_REDIR
> + '[' -n 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1 ']'
> + dpkg --compare-versions 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1 lt 0.7-4
> + adduser --quiet --system --group --disabled-password --system --shell /bin/sh mythtv
> dpkg: error processing mythtv-common (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> mythtv-common
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
adduser needs to be run with sudo, but apart from that ... It doesn't tell me anything.

Any ideas ?

I have hacked things by eding the status file to pretend mythtv-common is configured, then everything works but that obviousness not the real way to do it.

Thanks for the help.

[Qluripax (qluripax)]

Hope this help to debug...
I also have this problem. My system has the mythtv user already defined in a LDAP-tree. I don't think the problem is the LDAP but when i remarked (#) all adduser-lines in /var/lib/dpkg/info/mythtv-common.postinst the configuration problem disappears.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

Is there an easy way to query for that scenario? If this adduser command fails it seems that you will likely have problems later, so i'm reluctant to just put || true to it.

[john reid (reidjr)]

For me, it is only the first adduser command that fails. If I comment out the first, then the others do not cause a problem.