package halevt 0.1.6.2-1.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100

Bug #746949 reported by Andy
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halevt (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: halevt

halevt failed to install on distribution upgrade

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: halevt 0.1.6.2-1.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 1 00:00:15 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
SourcePackage: halevt
Title: package halevt 0.1.6.2-1.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-01 (0 days ago)

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Andy (andyroop) wrote :
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Nick Phillips (nick-phillips) wrote :

Caused by revision 170 in hald, removing /etc/init.d/hal - meaning that invoke-rc.d cannot restart hald in halevt postinst.

Workaround - comment out the line "invoke-rc.d --quiet hal restart" in /var/lib/dpkg/info/halevt.postinst, run "dpkg --configure -a", and reboot.

Changed in halevt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Robert Roth (evfool)
Changed in halevt (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
importance: Medium → Low
importance: Low → Medium
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Removed by request (stoni.ch-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Found workaround, see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1770231
regards, dsto

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Palanikumar Sankaravadivel (palanikumar-sankar) wrote : Re: [Bug 746949] Re: package halevt 0.1.6.2-1.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100

Thanks Daniel,

Link seems to be promising, i will try tonight and post my results

Thank you.

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Daniel Stoni <email address hidden> wrote:

> Found workaround, see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1770231
> regards, dsto
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (780387).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746949
>
> Title:
> package halevt 0.1.6.2-1.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage:
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 100
>
> Status in “halevt” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: halevt
>
> halevt failed to install on distribution upgrade
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: halevt 0.1.6.2-1.3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri Apr 1 00:00:15 2011
> ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script
> returned error exit status 100
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386
> (20101007)
> SourcePackage: halevt
> Title: package halevt 0.1.6.2-1.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage:
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-01 (0 days ago)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/halevt/+bug/746949/+subscriptions
>

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Removed by request (stoni.ch-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: [Bug 746949] Re: package halevt 0.1.6.2-1.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100

Pleasure. Good luck - here it did work (what I forgot to mention in my
update). Regards, Daniel
***

Am 17.06.2011 21:00, schrieb Palanikumar Sankaravadivel:
> Thanks Daniel,
>
> Link seems to be promising, i will try tonight and post my results
>
> Thank you.
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Daniel Stoni<email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> Found workaround, see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1770231
>> regards, dsto
>>
>> --
>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
>> duplicate bug report (780387).
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746949
>>
>> Title:
>> package halevt 0.1.6.2-1.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage:
>> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
>> status 100
>>
>> Status in “halevt” package in Ubuntu:
>> Confirmed
>>
>> Bug description:
>> Binary package hint: halevt
>>
>> halevt failed to install on distribution upgrade
>>
>> ProblemType: Package
>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>> Package: halevt 0.1.6.2-1.3
>> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11
>> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
>> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
>> Architecture: i386
>> Date: Fri Apr 1 00:00:15 2011
>> ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script
>> returned error exit status 100
>> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386
>> (20101007)
>> SourcePackage: halevt
>> Title: package halevt 0.1.6.2-1.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage:
>> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100
>> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-01 (0 days ago)
>>
>> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/halevt/+bug/746949/+subscriptions
>>

tags: added: dist-upgrade
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