package qemu-kvm-extras-static 0.12.3 noroms-0ubuntu9.9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[indymaynard]

Attempted to clean (apt-get clean) and uninstall then reinstall package. The error shows everytime I update or install/uninstall a package. /var/log/apt/term.log shows:

Setting up qemu-kvm-extras-static (0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.9) ...
update-binfmts: warning: /var/lib/binfmts/arm does not exist; nothing to do!
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript procps, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing qemu-kvm-extras-static (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Not a show-stopper, but certainly annoying.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: qemu-kvm-extras-static 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-32.62-generic 2.6.32.38+drm33.16
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun 29 22:07:13 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027.1)
KvmCmdLine: Error: command ['ps', '-C', 'kvm', '-F'] failed with exit code 1: UID PID PPID C SZ RSS PSR STIME TTY TIME CMD
Lsusb:
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 002: ID 147e:2016 Upek Biometric Touchchip/Touchstrip Fingerprint Sensor
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: CLEVO M980NU
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-32-generic root=UUID=24e14b14-058a-4896-a76c-ae2d676daf6a ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: qemu-kvm
Title: package qemu-kvm-extras-static 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dmi.bios.date: 10/16/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
dmi.bios.version: 2006Q4
dmi.board.name: M980NU
dmi.board.vendor: CLEVO
dmi.board.version: REFERENCE
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: CLEVO
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvr2006Q4:bd10/16/2009:svnCLEVO:pnM980NU:pvrREFERENCE:rvnCLEVO:rnM980NU:rvrREFERENCE:cvnCLEVO:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: M980NU
dmi.product.version: REFERENCE
dmi.sys.vendor: CLEVO

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

Thanks for reporting this bug. I can trivially reproduce it, though not quite sure why it's happening yet. I'm marking this a duplicate of bug 799858, and will track the issue there.

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

No, the arm error is a real bug (postinst should be removing the binfmt named 'qemu-arm', not 'arm') but should cause no harm. I can't reproduce the exit code of 1 or the failure to start procps.

Yours really is because procps is not starting correctly.

Can you show what happens when you just do

    sudo start procps

?