package console-setup 1.166ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Terminated)

[Einar Bjarni Halldórsson]

Post install for console-setup failed. Had to edit postinstall script to exit 0 to install other packages

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: console-setup 1.166ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu2
AptOrdering: NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 4 09:24:06 2017
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Setting up keyboard-configuration (1.166ubuntu6) ...
 Setting up console-setup-linux (1.166ubuntu6) ...
 Setting up console-setup (1.166ubuntu6) ...
 dpkg: error processing package console-setup (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Terminated)
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Terminated)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-04 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, python3-minimal, 3.6.2-1ubuntu4
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 2.7.14-2ubuntu1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
 apt 1.5
SourcePackage: console-setup
Title: package console-setup 1.166ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Terminated)
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Jeroen van Jaarsveld (jeroen-vanjaarsveld)]

See also https://askubuntu.com/questions/960749/update-stuck-at-setting-up-keyboard-configuration-1-166ubuntu6.

Postinstall script hangs waiting for "plymouth --ping". Killing "plymouth --ping" allows it to continue.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please check to see if the command 'plymouth --ping' continues to hang in a terminal. In the event that it does it would help us out if you could run it under strace e.g. 'strace plymouth --ping' so that we can determine why the process is hanging. Thanks for your assistance!

[Jeroen van Jaarsveld (jeroen-vanjaarsveld)]

See attached for strace output

[Jeroen van Jaarsveld (jeroen-vanjaarsveld)]

To add to the above strace output, 'plymouth --ping' continues to hang.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for console-setup (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]