package cups 1.5.0-16 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Chris Johnston]

happened during an upgrade

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cups 1.5.0-16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-10.18-generic 3.2.1
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog:

Date: Thu Feb 2 09:30:11 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: Connection refused
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 530
Papersize: letter
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-10-generic root=UUID=564d609d-9648-4288-a056-66af3a27bee3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: cups
Title: package cups 1.5.0-16 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-02 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/24/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.0.18
dmi.board.name: 0FM586
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: OEM
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.18:bd02/24/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron530:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0FM586:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvrOEM:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 530
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Terminal log contains:

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Setting up cups (1.5.0-16) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.cupsd ...
Gtk-WARNING **: Impossibile trovare il motore del tema in module_path: «pixmap»,
 at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 97.
Gtk-WARNING **: Impossibile trovare il motore del tema in module_path: «pixmap», at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 97.
Gtk-WARNING **: Impossibile trovare il motore del tema in module_path: «pixmap», at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 97.
Gtk-WARNING **: Impossibile trovare il motore del tema in module_path: «pixmap», at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 97.
Gtk-WARNING **: Impossibile trovare il motore del tema in module_path: «pixmap», at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 103.
Gtk-WARNING **: Impossibile trovare il motore del tema in module_path: «pixmap», at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 103.
Gtk-WARNING **: Impossibile trovare il motore del tema in module_path: «pixmap», at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 103.
Gtk-WARNING **: Impossibile trovare il motore del tema in module_path: «pixmap», at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 103.
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing cups (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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Looks like an Upstart problem.