I can confirm this bug also affects Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily).
Below is my output when I do 'sudo apt-get install i8kutils':
Setting up i8kutils (1.41) ...
Job for i8kmon.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status i8kmon.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript i8kmon, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package i8kutils (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
i8kutils
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
The output of "systemctl status i8kmon.service" is:
● i8kmon.service - LSB: Dell fan/cpu-temperature monitor
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/i8kmon)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2015-11-01 20:52:47 SAST; 2min 45s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 5399 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/i8kmon start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Dell fan/cpu-temperature monitor...
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu i8kmon[5399]: * Starting Dell fan/cpu-temperature monitor i8kmon
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu i8kmon[5399]: ...fail!
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu systemd[1]: i8kmon.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Dell fan/cpu-temperature monitor.
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu systemd[1]: i8kmon.service: Unit entered failed state.
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu systemd[1]: i8kmon.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
I can confirm this bug also affects Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily).
Below is my output when I do 'sudo apt-get install i8kutils':
Setting up i8kutils (1.41) ...
Job for i8kmon.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status i8kmon.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript i8kmon, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package i8kutils (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
i8kutils
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
The output of "systemctl status i8kmon.service" is: d/i8kmon) sysv-generator( 8) /etc/init. d/i8kmon start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
● i8kmon.service - LSB: Dell fan/cpu-temperature monitor
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2015-11-01 20:52:47 SAST; 2min 45s ago
Docs: man:systemd-
Process: 5399 ExecStart=
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Dell fan/cpu-temperature monitor...
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu i8kmon[5399]: * Starting Dell fan/cpu-temperature monitor i8kmon
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu i8kmon[5399]: ...fail!
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu systemd[1]: i8kmon.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Dell fan/cpu-temperature monitor.
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu systemd[1]: i8kmon.service: Unit entered failed state.
Nov 01 20:52:47 xps15-ubuntu systemd[1]: i8kmon.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.