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Here is my error notification: E: lirc: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Here is the "detail" info from Synaptic:
Preconfiguring packages ... Seleting previously deselected package setserial. (Reading database ... 125598 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking setserial (from .../setserial_2.17-45_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package lirc. Unpacking lirc (from .../lirc_0.8.4a-0ubuntu5_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for doc-base ... Processing 1 added doc-base file(s)... Registering documents with scrollkeeper... Processing triggers for hal... Regenerating hal fdi cache... *Restarting Hardware abstraction layer hald ...done. Setting up setserial (2.17-45) ... removing the old setserial entry in the rcn.d directories Update complete. Saving state of known serial devices... backing up /var/lib/setserial/autoserial.conf done.
Setting up lirc (0.8.4a-0ubuntu5) ... * Reloading kernel event manager ... No /sbin/udevd found running; none killed. ....fail! invoke-rc.d: initscript udev, action "reload" failed. dpkg: error processing lirc (--configure) subproces post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: lirc
I am also affected by this issue...
Here is my error notification: E: lirc: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Here is the "detail" info from Synaptic:
Preconfiguring packages ... 2.17-45_ i386.deb) ... 0.8.4a- 0ubuntu5_ i386.deb) ... setserial/ autoserial. conf done.
Seleting previously deselected package setserial.
(Reading database ... 125598 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking setserial (from .../setserial_
Selecting previously deselected package lirc.
Unpacking lirc (from .../lirc_
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 added doc-base file(s)...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Processing triggers for hal...
Regenerating hal fdi cache...
*Restarting Hardware abstraction layer hald
...done.
Setting up setserial (2.17-45) ...
removing the old setserial entry in the rcn.d directories
Update complete.
Saving state of known serial devices... backing up /var/lib/
Setting up lirc (0.8.4a-0ubuntu5) ...
* Reloading kernel event manager ...
No /sbin/udevd found running; none killed.
....fail!
invoke-rc.d: initscript udev, action "reload" failed.
dpkg: error processing lirc (--configure)
subproces post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
lirc