Thanks for your report. This problem is fixed since Karmic because we no longer ship with a service file: the backends are started by D-Bus when needed instead.
I don't think this problem will be fixed in Intrepid, though, because that version is too old and the changes are too complex to do without risk. I encourage you to upgrade to a newer version if you want to benefit from the fix. Please continue reporting bugs in Ubuntu! If you're having problems after this error with you packaging system, try running sudo apt-get install --reinstall system-tools-backends and possibly sudo apt-get install -f before. ** Changed in: system-tools-backends (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: system-tools-backends (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- during update a crash report was generated:E: system-tools-backends: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529331 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs