package bluez 4.98-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Lazaro Alejo]

idk

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: bluez 4.98-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-9.16-generic-pae 3.2.1
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-9-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
AptOrdering:
 bluez: Configure
 bluez-alsa: Configure
 bluez-gstreamer: Configure
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.299
Date: Wed Jan 18 22:06:51 2012
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Setting up bluez (4.98-0ubuntu3) ...
 start: Unknown job: bluetooth
 invoke-rc.d: initscript bluetooth, action "start" failed.
 dpkg: error processing bluez (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
DuplicateSignature:
 Setting up bluez (4.98-0ubuntu3) ...
 start: Unknown job: bluetooth
 invoke-rc.d: initscript bluetooth, action "start" failed.
 dpkg: error processing bluez (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InterestingModules: bluetooth
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120118)
MachineType: Dell Inc. MXC061
ProcKernelCmdLine: initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- persistent BOOT_IMAGE=/ubnkern
SourcePackage: bluez
Title: package bluez 4.98-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/02/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A10
dmi.board.name: 0MG532
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd04/02/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMXC061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0MG532:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: MXC061
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
hciconfig:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Alex Bachmeier (cebalrai)]

I was able to get around this bug be setting:

BLUETOOTH_ENABLED=1

in /etc/default/bluetooth

until the package is installed.

There is probably a bug in the post-installation script which doesn't work when "BLUETOOTH_ENABLED=0" is set.

[Konrad Zapałowicz (kzapalowicz)]

This is reported against an old version of Ubuntu and many things has changed since then. Because of that we won't fix this issue however if this behavior repeats on a modern version please fill a bug report against it and we will take it from there.