preinst of udev was killed by signal (Illegal instruction), core dumped

[Kenneth J. Weber]

When asked, did I want to install upgrade, I selected "Yes" and was subsequently confronted by a frozen computer. After shutting down the system and restarting, I found it ended up with a blank screen and a frozen keyboard. So, the only thing to do was to shut down by holding the power button for six seconds. Upon restarting, I was confronted with multiple warnings of various programs failing to start or malfunctioning, and suggesting that reports be filed.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: udev 204-5ubuntu20.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt10
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-38-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat May 30 07:56:16 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:udev:204-5ubuntu20.11:subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Illegal instruction), core dumped
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Illegal instruction), core dumped
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-20 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20150218.1)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:9254 Alcor Micro Corp. Hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion Notebook PC
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-38-generic root=UUID=10d846b1-2468-44b5-9bbd-0693d344848b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: systemd
Title: package udev 204-5ubuntu20.11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Illegal instruction), core dumped
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/28/2002
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Software
dmi.bios.version: IC.M1.01
dmi.board.name: HP Pavilion Notebook PC
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: HP Pavilion Notebook
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: HP Pavilion Notebook
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeSoftware:bvrIC.M1.01:bd03/28/2002:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPavilionNotebookPC:pvrHPPavilionNotebook:rvnHewlett-Packard:rnHPPavilionNotebookPC:rvrHPPavilionNotebook:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct8:cvrHPPavilionNotebook:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: HP Pavilion Notebook
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

udev's preinst only has some standard autogenerated debhelper code, mostly related to the ancient sysvinit->upstart migration. So this rather looks like some random error induced by a memory or hard disk problem? Can you please run a memory test (grub boot menu) and file system check (also in grub boot menu, under "rescue mode")?

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