package policykit-1 0.96-2 failed to install/upgrade: start-stop-daemon: nothing in /proc - not mounted?

[prholland]

Binary package hint: policykit-1

Upgrade from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04 failed to complete, resulting in unusable X server.
Booted using failsafe and repaired broken packages.
Resumed normal boot.
policykit-1 error generated.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: policykit-1 0.96-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun May 30 23:03:18 2010
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
SourcePackage: policykit-1
Title: package policykit-1 0.96-2 failed to install/upgrade:

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

Are you running your system from an external device (SSD, SC-Card, ...) ?

[prholland (develop-hollandnumerics)]

Yes, Ubuntu has been installed on a 16Gb SDHC card, and is running on an Asus EeePC 901.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for confirming.

I'm marking this report as duplicate of bug 554718. Feel free to add any comment there.
Thanks.