found 657819 thanks On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:10:50AM -0500, Graham wrote: > Package: cpufrequtils > Version: 007-1+squeeze1
Hi Graham! > I have Debian running on an Atom N270. It's mostly Squeeze, but I've > had to upgrade the kernel and a few other bits to Testing. I received > this error message during today's upgrade: > > ---- > > Setting up cpufrequtils (007-1+squeeze1) ... > Loading cpufreq kernel modules...FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq > (/lib/modules/3.1.0-1-686-pae/kernel/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.ko): > Device or resource busy > invoke-rc.d: initscript loadcpufreq, action "start" failed. > dpkg: error processing cpufrequtils (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > configured to not write apport reports > Errors were encountered while > processing: > cpufrequtils > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > ---- > > The problem is that the previous version of cpufrequtils loaded > "p4-clockmod", and that module apparently can't be unloaded. The problem is also with any other previous version of cpufrequtils init script. More generally, if you happen to have any other cpufreq driver loaded (manually of by some other script), the start action will fail in the same way you experienced. I'll try and fix this situation, thanks for reporting this bug! -- mattia :wq! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

