[Bug 787549] Re: package plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu23 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137

[Steve Langasek]

The error in the log is:

Setting up plymouth (0.8.2-2ubuntu23) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Killed
dpkg: error processing plymouth (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137

This does not indicate a problem with the plymouth package, but that the
process was killed externally. A look at dmesg shows that the lzma
process was killed with an out-of-memory error:

[15910.895238] Out of memory: Kill process 24472 (lzma) score 248 or sacrifice child
[15910.895243] Killed process 24472 (lzma) total-vm:381472kB, anon-rss:282432kB, file-rss:856kB

And this is not the first process that was killed; before killing lzma,
the kernel first had to kill firefox *and* the X server due to lack of
memory.

I see from the log that you have no swap space enabled.  Since your
system doesn't appear to have enough memory to run the desktop and do
kernel updates without it, it is strongly recommended that you enable a
swap partition or swap file.

There isn't anything we can do here to reduce the memory requirements of
the update, so marking the bug report as invalid.

** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  package plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu23 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
  installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: plymouth

  cannot install

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu23
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue May 24 21:19:40 2011
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. MM061
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  Title: package plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu23 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 06/13/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A17
  dmi.board.name: 0KD882
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA17:bd06/13/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMM061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0KD882:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: MM061
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.