[Bug 891369] Re: package procps 1:3.2.8-11ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: start: Unknown parameter: UPSTART_EVENTS

[santosh]

Unable to Upgrade Ubuntu machine.

oot at ubuntu:/home/user1# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  linux-headers-generic-lts-quantal linux-image-generic-lts-quantal
The following packages will be upgraded:
  procps
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/235 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Setting up procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript procps, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing procps (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apport-gtk:
 apport-gtk depends on procps; however:
  Package procps is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apport-gtk (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openvswitch-switch:
 openvswitch-switch depends on procps; however:
  Package procps is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing openvswitch-switch (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of quantum-plugin-openvswitch-agent:
 quantum-plugin-openvswitch-agent depends on openvswitch-switch; however:
  Package openvswitch-switch is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing quantum-plugin-openvswitch-agent (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 procps
 apport-gtk
 openvswitch-switch
 quantum-plugin-openvswitch-agent
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root at ubuntu:/home/user1#

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Title:
  package procps 1:3.2.8-11ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: start:
  Unknown parameter: UPSTART_EVENTS

Status in “procps” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “procps” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I was doing a partial distributiom upgade of xubuntu 12.04, while I
  got this error message. I was lead to launchpad automatically. I don't
  know anything more about this failure.

  jallu at xamilo:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu precise (development branch)
  Release:	12.04

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: procps 1:3.2.8-11ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.1.0-2.3-generic 3.1.0
  Uname: Linux 3.1.0-2-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.26-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Nov 16 23:27:24 2011
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091026.3)
  SourcePackage: procps
  Title: package procps 1:3.2.8-11ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-16 (0 days ago)

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