package dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply

[samirko]

Binary package hint: dbus

E: dbus: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: dbus-x11: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-27.49-generic 2.6.32.26+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 21 00:01:56 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
SourcePackage: dbus
Title: package dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The error is
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Setting up dbus (1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1) ...

The system user `messagebus' already exists. Exiting.

Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

dpkg: error processing dbus (--configure):

 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1