Nothing to do with upstart, just looks like a common init script bug in lcd4linux (failing to take into account that "stop" might not work in remove)
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: upstart => lcd4linux -- initscript failed to stop. https://launchpad.net/bugs/68686 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs