package cups 1.5.2-5 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Mark Timbers]

Had been 4 days since this system was booted. Had just started the system software upadte manager when it happened....

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cups 1.5.2-5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CupsErrorLog:

CurrentDmesg:
 [ 36.175044] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1024) terminated with status 1
 [ 43.190953] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Date: Tue Feb 28 23:36:30 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added.
Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: unable to initialize libusb: -99
MachineType: Compaq Presario 061 ED850AA-ABA SR1616NX NA540
Papersize: letter
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic-pae root=UUID=77cf62d5-fbfb-45ef-bd23-c52a3ef3f8b5 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: cups
Title: package cups 1.5.2-5 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-29 (5 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/13/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 3.08
dmi.board.name: Amberine M
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.03
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.version: 1111
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr3.08:bd09/13/2005:svnCompaqPresario061:pnED850AA-ABASR1616NXNA540:pvr0n41411RE101AMBEM00:rvnASUSTekComputerINC.:rnAmberineM:rvr1.03:cvn:ct3:cvr1111:
dmi.product.name: ED850AA-ABA SR1616NX NA540
dmi.product.version: 0n41411RE101AMBEM00
dmi.sys.vendor: Compaq Presario 061