package trousers 0.3.13-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Seth Forshee]

I received this error when installing trousers.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: trousers 0.3.13-3
Uname: Linux 4.1.0-040100rc4-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
AptOrdering:
 trousers: Install
 trousers: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jun 9 08:50:57 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:trousers:0.3.13-3:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-19 (109 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150110)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1
 apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4
SourcePackage: trousers
Title: package trousers 0.3.13-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Seth Forshee (sforshee)]

Upon further inspection this machine does not have a TPM, still it seems like bad form to fail package installation like this.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Mr. Jester (mrjester)]

Journal errors..

-- Subject: Unit trousers.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit trousers.service has begun starting up.
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium trousers[4018]: * Starting Trusted Computing daemon tcsd
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium tcsd[4021]: TCSD TDDL[4021]: TrouSerS ioctl: (25) Inappropriate ioctl for device
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium tcsd[4021]: TCSD TDDL[4021]: TrouSerS Falling back to Read/Write device support.
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium tcsd[4021]: TCSD TCS[4021]: TrouSerS ERROR: TCS GetCapability failed with result = 0x1e
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium trousers[4018]: ...fail!
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium systemd[1]: trousers.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=30
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: starts tcsd.
-- Subject: Unit trousers.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit trousers.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium systemd[1]: trousers.service: Unit entered failed state.
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium systemd[1]: trousers.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

[Mr. Jester (mrjester)]

-- Subject: Unit trousers.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit trousers.service has begun starting up.
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium trousers[4018]: * Starting Trusted Computing daemon tcsd
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium tcsd[4021]: TCSD TDDL[4021]: TrouSerS ioctl: (25) Inappropriate ioctl for device
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium tcsd[4021]: TCSD TDDL[4021]: TrouSerS Falling back to Read/Write device support.
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium tcsd[4021]: TCSD TCS[4021]: TrouSerS ERROR: TCS GetCapability failed with result = 0x1e
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium trousers[4018]: ...fail!
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium systemd[1]: trousers.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=30
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: starts tcsd.
-- Subject: Unit trousers.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit trousers.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium systemd[1]: trousers.service: Unit entered failed state.
Nov 26 19:16:19 dubnium systemd[1]: trousers.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Related Debian issue, fixed in Xenial>
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=767690

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.