package network-manager 1.44.2-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: installed network-manager package post-installation script subprocess was killed by signal (Terminated)

[Mc]

With do-release-upgrade -d, Setting up network-manager hanged indefinitely with

[...]
Setting up network-manager (1.44.2-1ubuntu1) ...
SKIP: NetworkManager is not ready ...
SKIP: NetworkManager is not ready ...
SKIP: NetworkManager is not ready ...
SKIP: NetworkManager is not ready ...
SKIP: NetworkManager is not ready ...
^[[CSKIP: NetworkManager is not ready ...
SKIP: NetworkManager is not ready ...
SKIP: NetworkManager is not ready ...
SKIP: NetworkManager is not ready ...
SKIP: NetworkManager is not ready ...
SKIP: NetworkManager is not ready ...
SKIP: NetworkManager is not ready ...
[...]

Killing it resulted in

Terminated
SKIP: NetworkManager is not ready ...
dpkg: error processing package network-manager (--configure):
 installed network-manager package post-installation script subprocess was killed by signal (Terminated)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: network-manager 1.44.2-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-34.34-generic 6.2.16
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CRDA: N/A
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Sun Oct 15 00:40:40 2023
ErrorMessage: installed network-manager package post-installation script subprocess was killed by signal (Terminated)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-01-13 (274 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221020)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.0.254 dev wlp2s0 proto dhcp src 192.168.0.29 metric 600
 169.254.0.0/16 dev docker0 scope link metric 1000 linkdown
 172.17.0.0/16 dev docker0 proto kernel scope link src 172.17.0.1 linkdown
 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlp2s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.29 metric 600
 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1 linkdown
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.11, Python 3.11.6, python3-minimal, 3.11.4-5
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python3.11, Python 3.11.6, python-is-python3, 3.11.4-1
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.22.0ubuntu1
 apt 2.7.3
SourcePackage: network-manager
Title: package network-manager 1.44.2-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: installed network-manager package post-installation script subprocess was killed by signal (Terminated)
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2023-10-14 (0 days ago)
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE STARTUP CONNECTIVITY NETWORKING WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
 running 1.44.2 connected starting full enabled enabled enabled missing enabled

[Mc (mc...)]

also hangs at the end when retrying
[...]
 └─ /usr/bin/dpkg --configure -a
    └─ /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/network-manager.postinst configure 1.42.4-1ubuntu2
       └─ nm-online -qs
          ├─ nm-online -qs
          ├─ nm-online -qs
          └─ nm-online -qs

[Mc (mc...)]

(note : NetworkManager works quite well, service NetworkManager status is happy, but nm-online never returns)

[Danilo Egea Gondolfo (danilogondolfo)]

Hello, thank you for reporting that.

May I ask you to attach the full NetworkManager journal so we can understand better what is happening?

You can collect it with the command below:

journalctl -u NetworkManager > network-manager.log

It would be very helpful. Thanks!