package libvirt-bin 0.6.1-0ubuntu5.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #401588 reported by Vitaliy Kulikov
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Bug Description

During regular update:

Setting up libvirt-bin (0.6.1-0ubuntu5.1) ...
addgroup: The group `libvirtd' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
 * Stopping libvirt management daemon libvirtd [ OK ]
 * Starting libvirt management daemon libvirtd [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript libvirt-bin, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing libvirt-bin (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libvirt-bin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

But, after:
sudo apt-get install -f

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libestools1.2
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up libvirt-bin (0.6.1-0ubuntu5.1) ...
addgroup: The group `libvirtd' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
 * Stopping libvirt management daemon libvirtd [ OK ]
 * Starting libvirt management daemon libvirtd [ OK ]

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: libvirt-bin 0.6.1-0ubuntu5.1
SourcePackage: libvirt
Title: package libvirt-bin 0.6.1-0ubuntu5.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-server i686

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Vitaliy Kulikov (slonua) wrote :
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Porcelain Mouse (pmouse) wrote :

But, in my case, apt-get could not fix the problem.

> sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up libvirt-bin (0.6.1-0ubuntu5.1) ...
addgroup: The group `libvirtd' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
 * Stopping libvirt management daemon libvirtd [ OK ]
 * Starting libvirt management daemon libvirtd [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript libvirt-bin, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing libvirt-bin (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libvirt-bin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

> uname -srm
Linux 2.6.28-14-generic x86_64

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