dbus package fails to upgrade because "messagebus" user already exists
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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dbus (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: dbus
Release: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS 64 bit
Package: dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1 amd64
What happened: Update manager came up with important security updates: dbus, dbus-x11, libdus-1-3. Installation failed, log is pasted below:
(Reading database ... 284653 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libdbus-1-3 1.2.16-2ubuntu4 (using .../libdbus-
Unpacking replacement libdbus-1-3 ...
Preparing to replace dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4 (using .../dbus_
Unpacking replacement dbus ...
Preparing to replace dbus-x11 1.2.16-2ubuntu4 (using .../dbus-
Unpacking replacement dbus-x11 ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up libdbus-1-3 (1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1) ...
Setting up dbus (1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1) ...
The system user `messagebus' already exists. Exiting.
Error org.freedesktop
dpkg: error processing dbus (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus-x11:
dbus-x11 depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dbus-x11 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
No apport report written because the error message indicates it's a follow-up error from a previous failure.
dbus
dbus-x11
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up dbus (1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1) ...
The system user `messagebus' already exists. Exiting.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 19 09:54:10 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
SourcePackage: dbus
Title: package dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
summary: |
- package dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess - installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 + dbus package fails to upgrade because "messagebug" user already exists |
summary: |
- dbus package fails to upgrade because "messagebug" user already exists + dbus package fails to upgrade because "messagebus" user already exists |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.