Public bug reported: Hello,
I have tried to install lirc on a fresh Kubuntu 20.04 Release Candidate installation on a AMD Athlon X2 system. The installation failed, with a half installed lirc package. This is leaving apt-get / apt in a state, that makes it impossible to install other packages or updates anymore, as it first tries to finish the lirc installation. This is leaving the system in a state, where further software changes or the usage of lirc are not possible. After using Google to find a solution for the problem, I found this bug report about lirc on Debian bugs website: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=932779 The suggested workaround is to creating the file lirc_options.conf and to continue the failed installation (which worked on my system) via: sudo cp /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf.dist /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf sudo apt-get install lirc This worked on my installation brought the system back into a state, where further software installations or updates via apt-get / apt work again. Ubuntu version: user1@AthlonX2:lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Release: 20.04 package information: user1@AthlonX2:/etc/lirc$ apt-cache policy lirc lirc: Installiert: 0.10.1-6.1 Installationskandidat: 0.10.1-6.1 Versionstabelle: *** 0.10.1-6.1 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Terminal output during the failing installation via apt-get install: user1@AthlonX2:/etc/lirc$ LC_ALL=C sudo apt-get install lirc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libftdi1-2 liblirc0 Suggested packages: lirc-compat-remotes lirc-drv-irman lirc-doc lirc-x setserial ir-keytable Recommended packages: gir1.2-vte The following NEW packages will be installed: libftdi1-2 liblirc0 lirc 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/571 kB of archives. After this operation, 2897 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Selecting previously unselected package libftdi1-2:amd64. (Reading database ... 360984 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libftdi1-2_1.4-2build2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libftdi1-2:amd64 (1.4-2build2) ... Selecting previously unselected package liblirc0:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../liblirc0_0.10.1-6.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking liblirc0:amd64 (0.10.1-6.1) ... Selecting previously unselected package lirc. Preparing to unpack .../lirc_0.10.1-6.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking lirc (0.10.1-6.1) ... Setting up liblirc0:amd64 (0.10.1-6.1) ... Setting up libftdi1-2:amd64 (1.4-2build2) ... Setting up lirc (0.10.1-6.1) ... Job for lircd.service failed because a fatal signal was delivered causing the control process to dump core. See "systemctl status lircd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript lircd, action "start" failed. * lircd.service - Flexible IR remote input/output application support Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lircd.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: core-dump) since Tue 2020-04-21 20:05:34 CEST; 16ms ago TriggeredBy: * lircd.socket Docs: man:lircd(8) http://lirc.org/html/configure.html Process: 12249 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lircd --nodaemon (code=dumped, signal=SEGV) Main PID: 12249 (code=dumped, signal=SEGV) Apr 21 20:05:33 Madlen-Zimmer systemd[1]: Starting Flexible IR remote input/output application support... Apr 21 20:05:33 Madlen-Zimmer lircd[12249]: Warning: cannot open /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf Apr 21 20:05:33 Madlen-Zimmer lircd-0.10.1[12249]: Info: lircd: Opening log, level: Info Apr 21 20:05:33 Madlen-Zimmer lircd-0.10.1[12249]: Notice: Version: lircd 0.10.1 Apr 21 20:05:33 Madlen-Zimmer lircd-0.10.1[12249]: Notice: System info: Linux Madlen-Zimmer 5.4.0-25-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 15:06:57 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Apr 21 20:05:34 Madlen-Zimmer systemd[1]: lircd.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=11/SEGV Apr 21 20:05:34 Madlen-Zimmer systemd[1]: lircd.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'. Apr 21 20:05:34 Madlen-Zimmer systemd[1]: Failed to start Flexible IR remote input/output application support. dpkg: error processing package lirc (--configure): installed lirc package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9) ... Errors were encountered while processing: lirc E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) user1@AthlonX2:/etc/lirc$ Terminal output during copying the file and inishing the installation: user1@AthlonX2:/etc/lirc$ sudo cp /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf.backup1 /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf user1@AthlonX2:/etc/lirc$ sudo apt-get install lirc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done lirc is already the newest version (0.10.1-6.1). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 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] y Setting up lirc (0.10.1-6.1) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lircd.service -> /lib/systemd/system/lircd.service. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/lircd.socket -> /lib/systemd/system/lircd.socket. user1@AthlonX2:/etc/lirc$ Greetings Henry ** Affects: lirc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: 20.04 amd64 focal lirc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1874130 Title: lirc fails to install because of a missing /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf - Ubuntu 20.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1874130/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
