I can see the issue on Ubuntu 14.04. This is being cause by incorrect udev rules for the /dev/tpm0 node. Trousers init should change ownership to tss:tss of /dev/tpm0 but is failing to do so. Worked around by:
Attempt to install trousers and it fails: sudo apt-get install trousers Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done trousers is already the newest version. 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Setting up trousers (0.3.11.2-1) ... * Starting Trusted Computing daemon tcsd [fail] invoke-rc.d: initscript trousers, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing package trousers (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137 Errors were encountered while processing: trousers E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Manually take ownership of /dev/tpm0: sudo chown tss /dev/tpm0 sudo chgrp tss /dev/tpm0 Force reinstallation of trousers and it succeeds: sudo apt-get install -f trousers Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done trousers is already the newest version. 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Setting up trousers (0.3.11.2-1) ... * Starting Trusted Computing daemon tcsd [ OK ] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1315119 Title: package trousers 0.3.11.2-1 failed to install/upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/trousers/+bug/1315119/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
