package openvswitch-switch 1.4.0-1ubuntu1.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[josh d]

root@Josh:~# ovs-vsctl init
2013-07-22T16:17:46Z|00002|reconnect|WARN|unix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock: connection attempt failed (No such file or directory)
ovs-vsctl: unix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock: database connection failed (No such file or directory)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: openvswitch-switch 1.4.0-1ubuntu1.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-36.57~precise1-generic 3.5.7.14
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-36-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.3
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 22 11:14:10 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:openvswitch-switch:1.4.0-1ubuntu1.5:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: openvswitch
Title: package openvswitch-switch 1.4.0-1ubuntu1.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

Setting up openvswitch-switch (1.4.0-1ubuntu1.5) ...
/etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch: 9: /etc/default/openvswitch-switch: Reading: not found
/etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch: 10: /etc/default/openvswitch-switch: Building: not found
/etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch: 11: /etc/default/openvswitch-switch: Reading: not found
 ESC[33m*ESC[39;49m ovs-brcompatd missing, disabling bridge compatibility
/etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch: 9: /etc/default/openvswitch-switch: Reading: not found
/etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch: 10: /etc/default/openvswitch-switch: Building: not found
/etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch: 11: /etc/default/openvswitch-switch: Reading: not found
 ESC[33m*ESC[39;49m ovs-brcompatd missing, disabling bridge compatibility
 * ovs-brcompatd is not running
 * ovs-vswitchd is not running
 * ovsdb-server is not running
ovsdb-server: "db:Open_vSwitch,manager_options": invalid syntax

[James Page (james-page)]

Please can you check that /etc/default/openvswitch-switch exists and has valid configuration options.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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