package kismet 2013.03.R1b-3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6 (Username in caps - oops)

[Mark Williams]

I got capslock in my user ID & failed to notice - however there is no simple way back, perhaps it could try a few changes or re-ask or just leave it rather than complain forever?

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: kismet
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 13 23:49:44 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:kismet:2013.03.R1b-3:ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-27 (509 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
SourcePackage: kismet
Title: package kismet 2013.03.R1b-3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-14 (4 days ago)

[Nick Andrik (andrikos)]

Hi Mark,

The problem (as can be seen in VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz file) is that you indeed put the wrong username:
usermod: user 'MARK' does not exist

Can you try to run the following command in order to update your options?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure kismet

Please let me know if you need further information.
For the time being, I'm marking this bug as a duplicate.

Best regards,
Nikos