*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1005954 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005954
Public bug reported: Updating from 11.10 to 12.04 when this error first occurred. Also a problem with Mythtv (frontend only) upgrade--unable to create /var/lib/mythtv/videos. Had an autofs5 mount point at /var/lib/mythtv/music (mounts the music folder of the backend machine). Disabled the autofs5 mount point; now able to manipulate /var/lib/mythtv/videos and $ sudo apt-get install -f now proceeded to start to install mythtv-frontend update (2:0.24.0+fixes.20110908.1de0431-0ubuntu1 --> 2:0.25.0+fixes.20120410 .1f5962a-0ubuntu1). However, now failed on setting up colord with: (copied from terminal session) <code> johnhinshaw@M4A78T:~$ sudo apt-get install -f [sudo] password for johnhinshaw: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: mythtv-frontend Suggested packages: mythtv-backend mythmusic mythweather mythgallery mythgame The following packages will be upgraded: mythtv-frontend 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/4,605 kB of archives. After this operation, 2,652 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 66514 package 'virtualbox-3.0': error in Version string '3.0.12-54655_Ubuntu_jaunty': invalid character in revision number (Reading database ... 594128 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mythtv-frontend 2:0.24.0+fixes.20110908.1de0431-0ubuntu1 (using .../mythtv-frontend_2%3a0.25.0+fixes.20120410.1f5962a-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement mythtv-frontend ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index... Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... Processing triggers for menu ... Setting up colord (0.1.16-2) ... dpkg: error processing colord (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Setting up mythtv-frontend (2:0.25.0+fixes.20120410.1f5962a-0ubuntu1) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/logrotate.d/mythtv-frontend ... Processing triggers for menu ... Errors were encountered while processing: colord E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) johnhinshaw@M4A78T:~$ </code> This bug is similar to a bunch of others under the colord package; here it is associated with upgrading myth-frontend. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: colord 0.1.16-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 AptOrdering: mythtv-frontend: Install colord: Configure mythtv-frontend: Configure Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Jun 24 17:06:57 2012 DuplicateSignature: Setting up colord (0.1.16-2) ... dpkg: error processing colord (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 SourcePackage: colord Title: package colord 0.1.16-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-06-24 (0 days ago) ** Affects: colord (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1017296 Title: package colord 0.1.16-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/colord/+bug/1017296/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs