I can also confirm this issue in 9.10: $ sudo apt-get install nfs-common Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: nfs-common 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/211kB of archives. After this operation, 602kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously deselected package nfs-common. (Reading database ... 236460 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking nfs-common (from .../nfs-common_1%3a1.2.0-2ubuntu8_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up nfs-common (1:1.2.0-2ubuntu8) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript statd, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing nfs-common (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: nfs-common E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
$ uname -a Linux acceleracik.accelera-networks.com 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 16:20:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Thanks! Lubos -- package nfs-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation idmapd already started https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508922 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs