Public bug reported: I tried to install console-log on a rather fresh installation of Xubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet on a Lenovo T410 laptop computer. (With Trusty and previous, console-log had been working fine.) Maybe console-log is just not compatible with systemd now? Synaptic exits with (I'm sorry this is not the first try, so maybe it's not quite the same as what happens on a fresh installation):
E: console-log: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 … Errors were encountered while processing: console-log E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up console-log (1.2-1) ... Adding system user Warning: The home dir /nonexistent you specified can't be accessed: No such file or directory The system user `Debian-console-log' already exists. Exiting. The user `Debian-console-log' is already a member of `adm'. Job for console-log.service failed. See "systemctl status console-log.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript console-log, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing package console-log (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: console-log Checking this gives: $ systemctl status console-log.service ● console-log.service - LSB: Puts a logfile pager on virtual consoles Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/console-log) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Di 2015-05-12 00:27:39 CEST; 3min 0s ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 25825 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/console-log start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Mai 12 00:27:39 ---- su[25835]: Successful su for Debian-console-log by root Mai 12 00:27:39 ---- su[25835]: + ??? root:Debian-console-log Mai 12 00:27:39 ---- su[25835]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user Debian-console-log by (uid=0) Mai 12 00:27:39 ---- console-log[25825]: /etc/init.d/console-log: xmalloc: .././execute_cmd.c:4221: cannot allocate 176 bytes (557056 bytes allocated) Mai 12 00:27:39 ---- console-log[25825]: * E: openvt failed. headless system?... Mai 12 00:27:39 ---- console-log[25825]: ...fail! Mai 12 00:27:39 ---- systemd[1]: console-log.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Mai 12 00:27:39 ---- systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Puts a logfile pager on virtual consoles. Mai 12 00:27:39 ---- systemd[1]: Unit console-log.service entered failed state. Mai 12 00:27:39 ---- systemd[1]: console-log.service failed. $ ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: console-log 1.2-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-16.16-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 AptOrdering: daemon: Install console-log: Install daemon: Configure console-log: Configure NULL: ConfigurePending Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue May 12 00:27:37 2015 DuplicateSignature: package:console-log:1.2-1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-09 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422.1) PackageArchitecture: all RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1 apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4 SourcePackage: console-log Title: package console-log 1.2-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: console-log (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package need-duplicate-check vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1453997 Title: package console-log 1.2-1 failed to install: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-log/+bug/1453997/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs