postinst error: update-rc.d uses nonexistent `multiuser' setting

[Zak B. Elep]

I just dist-upgraded my Dapper today, and found out that flashplugin-nonfree didn't set itself up correctly. Turns out that it borked during postinst, since it was invoking the `update-rc.d' tool incorrectly, trying to use a nonexistent `multiuser' runlevel group.

My fix was to change `multiuser' to `defaults', but I'm not sure if this is the right fix. At any rate, however, that action did satisfy `dpkg --pending --configure`, and I got my dpkg sane again.

[JoseStefan (josestefan)]

Related Forum:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=261179

I think that confirms it.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Sigh. 'multiuser' doesn't exist in Dapper, only in Edgy.

** Backporting a version that hasn't gotten an approval is asking for trouble. **

[NeilGreenwood (neil-greenwood)]

This is the same problem as bug 61371. I'll add a note there too, since this specifies how to fix it.

Step-by-step instructions are included at replies 17 and 18 in the forum post.

[Zak B. Elep (zakame)]

A proper fix would be to backport `sysv-rc', but I don't think that's desirable given we have upstart, if I understand it correctly ;)

[Zak B. Elep (zakame)]

Setting to Medium Importance, I do think a lot of desktop users do care about being able to view Flash on their systems without breaking dpkg (--configure) in the process ;)

[Juan Carlos Torres (jucato)]

Marked as a duplicate of bug 61404 (explains what happened)