I've had this same problem on unstable/amd64. The workaround of stopping system-tools-backends worked. Here's a somewhat daft
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/jbm]# apt-get install beagle Reading package lists... Done ... Setting up system-tools-backends (2.4.2-1) ... Starting System Tools Backends: system-tools-backendsinvoke-rc.d: initscript system-tools-backends, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing system-tools-backends (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: system-tools-backends E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/jbm]# /etc/init.d/system-tools-backends stop Stopping System Tools Backends: system-tools-backends. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/jbm]# apt-get install beagle Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done beagle is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 628 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up system-tools-backends (2.4.2-1) ... Reloading system message bus config...done. Starting System Tools Backends: system-tools-backends. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/jbm]# apt-get install beagle Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done beagle is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 628 not upgraded. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/jbm]# -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]