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  1. Bug #158178
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 158178

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Ben Bucksch (benbucksch) wrote :

I had the same problem when upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10
(via changing sources.list and apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade).

The problem is diagnosed nicely on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=366806 .

Basically:
"/etc/init.d/atd start" works, but "invoke-rc.d atd" start does not

(as root:)
# /etc/init.d/atd stop
 * Stopping deferred execution scheduler atd [ OK ]
# /etc/init.d/atd start
 * Starting deferred execution scheduler atd
# /etc/init.d/atd stop
 * Stopping deferred execution scheduler atd [ OK ]
# invoke-rc.d atd start
 * Starting deferred execution scheduler atd invoke-rc.d: initscript atd, action "start" failed.

I consider this critical, as it prevents a proper update of the distro.