I was able to work around this stupidity by temporarily pulling the execute bit from setxkbmap as follows:
/var/cache/apt/archives⟫ which setxkbmap /usr/bin/setxkbmap /var/cache/apt/archives⟫ sudo chmod -x /usr/bin/setxkbmap /var/cache/apt/archives⟫ sudo dpkg -i keyboard-configuration_1.108ubuntu15.2_all.deb (Reading database ... 288650 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack keyboard-configuration_1.108ubuntu15.2_all.deb ... Unpacking keyboard-configuration (1.108ubuntu15.2) over (1.108ubuntu15.2) ... Setting up keyboard-configuration (1.108ubuntu15.2) ... update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu8) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.1) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-38-generic /var/cache/apt/archives⟫ sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/setxkbmap After doing that I was finally able to complete the rest of the upgrade. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1594587 Title: package keyboard-configuration 1.108ubuntu15.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/1594587/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
