package cpufreqd 2.4.2-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Will Deubel]

Binary package hint: cpufreqd

This has been driving me nuts for weeks... It used to work, in Natty no less, and then just stopped one day.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: cpufreqd 2.4.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
AptOrdering:
 cpufreqd: Install
 cpufreqd: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jun 10 00:07:00 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
SourcePackage: cpufreqd
Title: package cpufreqd 2.4.2-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (42 days ago)