[Bug 1464875] Re: package fancontrol 1:3.3.5-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Peter Saunderson]

Just installed ubuntu 15.10 and the cpu fan started increasing in speed
for no apparent reason at random times then slowing down... most
annoying.  Whilst investigating this I thought I would try fancontrol...
but this did not seem to be able to help leaving the cpu fan blasting
away at full speed and so I uninstalled fancontrol with sudo apt-get
purge fancontrol

This left /etc/fancontrol on the disk and not correctly configured .. I
thought this a bit odd so sudo apt-get install fancontrol and the
install failed and I ended up at this bug after the automatic bug report
system sent me here... ..

So the next thing to do was delete /etc/fancontrol and re-install
fancontrol and I did not get this crash. and the install worked just
fine.  Still not enabled fancontrol because my pc does not seem to like
PWM fan control so I will hope that the CPU fan stays well controlled.

Not sure if this experience will help anyone... but the tip is see if
/etc/fancontrol is already on the disk and if the sudo apt-get install
fancontrol fails have a look at the contents of that file / back it up /
delete it and try again.

Pity that sudo apt-get purge fancontrol does not purge all the
configuration...  Perhaps that is the takeaway for the bug fix?

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Server Team, which is subscribed to lm-sensors in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1464875

Title:
  package fancontrol 1:3.3.5-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
  installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lm-sensors/+bug/1464875/+subscriptions