Hi, Thank you for taking care of this issue. Did the sudo apt-get install --reinstall insserv sysv-rc. As there were many error messages before the two lines : Setting up insserv (1.12.0-14ubuntu0.2) ... Setting up sysv-rc (2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.5) ... I tried an update with the Update manager that produced seamingly the same errors as before. Tried a second time with sudo apt-get install --reinstall insserv sysv-rc. The output in terminal below. Is it right that insserv and sysv-rc to be reinstalled should come from the lucid package ? Best regards, MF formig@localhost:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall insserv sysv-rc [sudo] password for formig: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libaccess-bridge-java nspluginwrapper libx264-118 libavutil-dev libavcodec-dev libtsmux0 libaccess-bridge-java-jni Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. 16 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 150kB of archives. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! insserv sysv-rc Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main sysv-rc 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.5 [79.8kB] Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/main insserv 1.12.0-14ubuntu0.2 [70.5kB] Fetched 150kB in 0s (398kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 369428 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace insserv 1.12.0-14ubuntu0.2 (using .../insserv_1.12.0-14ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement insserv ... Preparing to replace sysv-rc 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.5 (using .../sysv-rc_2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.5_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement sysv-rc ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ... mysql stop/waiting mysql start/running, process 23483 Can't exec "insserv": No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 380. dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 Setting up cron (3.0pl1-106ubuntu6) ... start: Job is already running: cron Can't exec "insserv": No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 380. dpkg: error processing cron (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 Setting up apparmor (2.5.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.4) ... Can't exec "insserv": No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 402. dpkg: error processing apparmor (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apparmor-utils: apparmor-utils depends on apparmor; however: Package apparmor is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing apparmor-utils (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up apache2.2-common (2.2.14-5ubuntu8.9) ... No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Can't exec "insserv": No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 402. dpkg: error processing apache2.2-common (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apache2-mpm-prefork: apache2-mpm-prefork depends on apache2.2-common (= 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.9); however: Package apache2.2-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing apache2-mpm-prefork (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up clamav-freshclam (0.97.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.04.2~10.04.1) ... No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Warning: found usr.bin.freshclam in /etc/apparmor.d/force-complain, forcing complain mode Can't exec "insserv": No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 402. dpkg: error processing clamav-freshclam (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of clamav: clamav depends on clamav-freshclam | clamav-data; however: Package clamav-freshclam is not configured yet. Package clamav-data is not installed. Package clamav-freshclam which provides clamav-data is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing clamav (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up cups (1.4.3-1ubuntu1.6) ... No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Can't exec "insserv": No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 402. dpkg: error processing cups (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libapache2-mod-php5: libapache2-mod-php5 depends on apache2-mpm-prefork (>> 2.0.52) | apache2-mpm-itk; however: Package apache2-mpm-prefork is not configured yet. Package apache2-mpm-itk is not installed. libapache2-mod-php5 depends on apache2.2-common; however: Package apache2.2-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libapache2-mod-php5 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.1; however: Package mysql-server-5.1 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php5: php5 depends on libapache2-mod-php5 (>= 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.17) | libapache2-mod-php5filter (>= 5.3.No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already 2-1ubuntu4.17) | php5-cgi (>= 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.17); however: Package libapache2-mod-php5 is not configured yet. Package libapache2-mod-php5filter is not installed. Package php5-cgi is not installed. dpkg: error processing php5 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php5-curl: php5-curl depends on phpapi-20090626; however: Package phpapi-20090626 is not installed. Package libapache2-mod-php5 which provides phpapi-20090626 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing php5-curl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php5-gd: php5-gd depends on phpapi-20090626; however: Package phpapi-20090626 is not installed. Package libapache2-mod-php5 which provides phpapi-20090626 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing php5-gd (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php5-mysql: php5-mysql depends on phpapi-20090626; however: Package phpapi-20090626 is not installed. Package libapache2-mod-php5 which provides phpapi-20090626 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing php5-mysql (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php5-odbc: php5-odbc depends on phpapi-20090626; however: Package phpapi-20090626 is not installed. Package libapache2-mod-php5 which provides phpapi-20090626 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing php5-odbc (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up insserv (1.12.0-14ubuntu0.2) ... Setting up sysv-rc (2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.5) ... Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.1 cron apparmor apparmor-utils apache2.2-common apache2-mpm-prefork clamav-freshclam clamav cups libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server php5 php5-curl php5-gd php5-mysql php5-odbc E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) formig@localhost:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall insserv sysv-rc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libaccess-bridge-java nspluginwrapper libx264-118 libavutil-dev libavcodec-dev libtsmux0 libaccess-bridge-java-jni Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 17 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/150kB of archives. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! insserv sysv-rc Install these packages without verification [y/N]? Y Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 369428 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace insserv 1.12.0-14ubuntu0.2 (using .../insserv_1.12.0-14ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement insserv ... Preparing to replace sysv-rc 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.5 (using .../sysv-rc_2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.5_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement sysv-rc ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ... mysql stop/waiting mysql start/running, process 26208 Can't exec "insserv": No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 380. dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 Setting up cron (3.0pl1-106ubuntu7) ... start: Job is already running: cron Can't exec "insserv": No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 380. dpkg: error processing cron (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 Setting up procps (1:3.2.8-1ubuntu4.3) ... Can't exec "insserv": No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 380. dpkg: error processing procps (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 Setting up apparmor (2.5.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.4) ... Can't exec "insserv": No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 402. dpkg: error processing apparmor (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apparmor-utils: apparmor-utils depends on apparmor; however: Package apparmor is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing apparmor-utils (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apache2.2-common: apache2.2-common depends on procps; however: Package procps is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing apache2.2-common (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apache2-mpm-prefork: apache2-mpm-prefork depends on apache2.2-common (= 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.9); however: Package apache2.2-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing apache2-mpm-prefork (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already4.1) ... No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Warning: found usr.bin.freshclam in /etc/apparmor.d/force-complain, forcing complain mode Can't exec "insserv": No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 402. dpkg: error processing clamav-freshclam (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of clamav: clamav depends on clamav-freshclam | clamav-data; however: Package clamav-freshclam is not configured yet. Package clamav-data is not installed. Package clamav-freshclam which provides clamav-data is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing clamav (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cups: cups depends on procps; however: Package procps is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing cups (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libapache2-mod-php5: libapache2-mod-php5 depends on apache2-mpm-prefork (>> 2.0.52) | apache2-mpm-itk; however: Package apache2-mpm-prefork is not configured yet. Package apache2-mpm-itk is not installed. libapache2-mod-phpNo apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already 5 depends on apache2.2-common; however: Package apache2.2-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libapache2-mod-php5 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.1; however: Package mysql-server-5.1 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php5: php5 depends on libapache2-mod-php5 (>= 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.17) | libapache2-mod-php5filter (>= 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.17) | php5-cgi (>= 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.17); however: Package libapache2-mod-php5 is not configured yet. Package libapache2-mod-php5filter is not installed. Package php5-cgi is not installed. dpkg: error processing php5 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php5-curl: php5-curl depends on phpapi-20090626; however: Package phpapi-20090626 is not installed. Package libapache2-mod-php5 which provides phpapi-20090626 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing php5-curl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php5-gd: php5-gd depends on phpapi-20090626; however: Package phpapi-20090626 is not installed. Package libapache2-mod-php5 which provides phpapi-20090626 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing php5-gd (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php5-mysql: php5-mysql depends on phpapi-20090626; however: Package phpapi-20090626 is not installed. Package libapache2-mod-php5 which provides phpapi-20090626 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing php5-mysql (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php5-odbc: php5-odbc depends on phpapi-20090626; however: Package phpapi-20090626 is not installed. Package libapache2-mod-php5 which provides phpapi-20090626 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing php5-odbc (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up insserv (1.12.0-14ubuntu0.2) ... Setting up sysv-rc (2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.5) ... Processing triggers for menu ... Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.1 cron procps apparmor apparmor-utils apache2.2-common apache2-mpm-prefork clamav-freshclam clamav cups libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server php5 php5-curl php5-gd php5-mysql php5-odbc E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) formig@localhost:~$