I tried the upgrade to 12.04 LTS (beta) on 2012-03-16, and experienced
the same problem, and Update Manager got stuck with "wpasupplicant" and
its dependencies "network-manager", "network-manager-gnome" and "ubuntu-
desktop" left uninstalled.
I then tried to fix the problem manually by using "sudo apt-get -f
install", and saw the following:
================================================================
Setting up wpasupplicant (0.7.3-6ubuntu1) ...
mv: `/lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d/wpasupplicant.wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid' and
`/run/sendsigs.omit.d/wpasupplicant.wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid' are the same file
dpkg: error processing wpasupplicant (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager:
network-manager depends on wpasupplicant (>= 0.7.3-1); however:
Package wpasupplicant is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing network-manager (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager-gnome:
network-manager-gnome depends on network-manager (>= 0.8.998); however:
Package network-manager is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing network-manager-gnome (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-desktop:
ubuntu-desktop depends on wpasupplicant; however:
Package wpasupplicant is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-desktop (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup
error from a previous failure.
No apport report written because the error message
indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
No apport report written
because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
wpasupplicant
network-manager
network-manager-gnome
ubuntu-desktop
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
================================================================
Hmm... looks like a problem with "/lib/init/rw" to "/run" migration, which I
cannot quite remember when it happened on Ubuntu.
On my computer, I see:
$ ls -l /lib/init/rw
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 17 08:11 /lib/init/rw -> /run
Checking wpasupplicant postinst script
/var/lib/info/dpkg/wpasupplicant.postinst, Lines 27-36:
# Migrate existing sendsigs omission pid files to /run
if [ -d /run/sendsigs.omit.d/ ] && \
[ -d /lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d/ ]; then
for f in
/lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d/wpasupplicant.*.pid
do
if [ -f "$f" ]; then
mv "$f" /run/sendsigs.omit.d/
fi
done
fi
The "mv" command above fails because /lib/init/rw is a symlink to /run,
hence the error:
mv: `/lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d/wpasupplicant.wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid'
and
`/run/sendsigs.omit.d/wpasupplicant.wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid' are
the same file
As a quick workaround, I changed
mv "$f" /run/sendsigs.omit.d/
to
mv "$f" /run/sendsigs.omit.d/ || true
so that the error is ignored, and a new run of "sudo apt-get -f install"
now completes.
Hope this helps,
Anthony
** Attachment added: "Screenshot from Update Manager, showing how it eventually
got stuck some time after the wpasupplicant postinst error."
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/+bug/935678/+attachment/2879579/+files/Screenshot_from_12.04_beta_upgrade_wpasupplicant_postinst_error.png
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package wpasupplicant 0.7.3-6ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
error exit status 1. Upgraded 11.10 to 12.04 alpha 2. 11.10 install
was via alternate CD using wifi. Wifi connection working but device
not manged by wifi control in menu bar.
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