[Bug 1384654] Re: ubuntu-gnome 14.10 rc fails to install with a user-setup postrm failure

[Marius Gedminas]

FWIW the system doesn't boot from the hard disk.  Gets stuck somewhere
in boot stage, with a pretty splash screen, but never progresses:
https://twitter.com/mgedmin/status/525234926749487104

The fix is to boot in rescue mode, remount / as writable, and

    mv /sbin/initctl.REAL /sbin/initctl
    mv /sbin/start-stop-daemon.REAL /sbin/start-stop-daemon
    sync

Then reboot again and run

    sudo apt-get install -f

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Title:
  ubuntu-gnome 14.10 rc fails to install with a user-setup postrm
  failure

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I dd'ed today's ubuntu-gnome desktop ISO for i386 to a USB key, booted
  it on an Asus EeePC 900, tried the LiveCD session, launched the
  installer, installed Ubuntu onto my hard disk.

  The installation failed with the user-setup postrm script exitting
  with status 12.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.20.0
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.345
  Date: Thu Oct 23 12:47:39 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release i386 (20141022.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=lt_LT.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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