package pulseaudio 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

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Binary package hint: pulseaudio

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ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/dsp', '/dev/snd/midiC0D0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2p', '/dev/snd/midiC0D1', '/dev/snd/hwC0D2', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D3p', '/dev/snd/midiC0D2', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer', '/dev/sequencer', '/dev/sequencer2'] failed with exit code 1:
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Live'/'SB Live! [SB0105] (rev.7, serial:0x806b1102) at 0x1400, irq 18'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9708,11'
   Components : 'AC97a:83847608'
   Controls : 224
   Simple ctrls : 45
Date: Wed Mar 17 11:33:15 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Title: package pulseaudio 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The relevant error is
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Setting up pulseaudio (1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1) ...
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/pulseaudio missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>
/etc/init.d/pulseaudio: 1: so.1libxml2.so.2/usr/lib/libxml2.so.2libxklavier.so.15/usr/lib/libxklavier.so.15libxkbfile.so.1/usr/lib/libxkbfile.so.1libxine.so.1/usr/lib/libxine.so.1libxcb.so.1/usr/lib/libxcb.so.1libxcb-xv.so.0/usr/lib/libxcb-xv.so.0libxcb-shm.so.0/usr/lib/libxcb-shm.so.0libxcb-shape.so.0/usr/lib/libxcb-shape.so.0libxcb-render.so.0/usr/lib/libxcb-render.so.0libxcb-render-util.so.0/usr/lib/libxcb-render-util.so.0libxcb-event.so.1/usr/lib/libxcb-event.so.1libxcb-aux.so.0/usr/lib/libxcb-aux.so.0libxcb-atom.so.1/usr/lib/libxcb-atom.so.1libxapian.so.15/usr/lib/libxapian.so.15libwrap.so.0/lib/libwrap.so.0libwps-0.1.so.1/usr/lib/libwps-0.1.so.1libwps-stream-0.1.so.1/usr/lib/libwps-stream-0.1.so.1libwpg-0.1.so.1/usr/lib/libwpg-0.1.so.1libwpg-stream-0.1.so.1/usr/lib/libwpg-stream-0.1.so.1libwpd-0.8.so.8/usr/lib/libwpd-0.8.so.8libwnck-1.so.22/usr/lib/libwnck-1.so.22libwmflite-0.2.so.7/usr/lib/libwmflite-0.2.so.7libwmf-0.2.so.7/usr/lib/libwmf-0.2.so.7libwebkit-1.0.so.2/usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2libweather _ion.so.4/usr/lib/libweather_ion.so.4libwbclient.so.0/usr/lib/libwbclient.so.0libwavpack.so.1/usr/lib/libwavpack.so.1libv4l2.so.0/usr/lib/libv4l2.so.0libv4l1.so.0/usr/lib/libv4l1.so.0libv4lconvert.so.0/usr/lib/libv4lconvert.so.0libvte.so.9/usr/lib/libvte.so.9libvorbisfile.so.3/usr/lib/libvorbisfile.so.3libvorbisenc.so.2/usr/lib/libvorbisenc.so.2libvorbis.so.0/usr/lib/libvorbis.so.0libvisual-0.4.so.0/usr/lib/libvisual-0.4.so.0libuuid.so.1/lib/libuuid.so.1libutil.so.1/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libutil.so.1libutil.so.1/lib/libutil.so.1libutil.so/usr/lib/libutil.solibusplash.so.0/lib/libusplash.so.0libusb-0.1.so.4/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4libusb-0.1.so.4/usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4libuno_salhelpergcc3.so.3/usr/lib/libuno_salhelpergcc3.so.3libuno_sal.so.3/usr/lib/libuno_sal.so.3libuno_purpenvhelpergcc3.so.3/usr/lib/libuno_purpenvhelpergcc3.so.3libuno_cppuhelpergcc3.so.3/usr/lib/libuno_cppuhelpergcc3.so.3libuno_cppu.so.3/usr/lib/libuno_cppu.so.3libuniquewm-1.2.so.0/usr/lib/libuniquewm-1.2.so.0libunique-1.0.so.0/usr/lib/libunique-1. 0.so.0libulockmgr.so.1/lib/libulockmgr.so.1libudev.so.0/lib/libudev.so.0libtwolame.so.0/usr/lib/libtwolame.so.0lib: not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript pulseaudio, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing pulseaudio (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

It looks like /etc/init.d/pulseaudio is corrupted. This is the same issue you reported in bug 529463. It is not a bug with the package but with your system being corrupted. Could you please ask a support channel a support channel (#ubuntu or an ubuntu forum) how to recover from this error. Thanks

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.