Re: [DNG] lprng in ascii
Hendrik Boom wrote on 02.01.2018 15:38: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 08:02:37AM +0100, Irrwahn wrote: >> Hendrik Boom wrote on 02.01.2018 03:49: >>> lprng is only partially installed after upgrade. Aptitude and apt keep >>> telling me this. However, it seems to work fine, and I have no problems >>> talking to my postscript laser printer. >>> >>> lprng's line in interactive aptitude is: >>> >>> Chlprng 3.8.B-2.13.8.B-2.1 [...] >>> Setting up lprng (3.8.B-2.1) ... >>> invoke-rc.d: initscript lprng, action "start" failed. >>> dpkg: error processing package lprng (--configure): >>> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status >>> 1 >>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>> lprng >>> >>> root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik/printme# >>> >>> >>> Any ideas? >> >> Lprng installs and configures fine on my ascii VM (after removing >> cups-bsd and cups-client, BTW.) > > Mine was upgraded from jessie a few days ago. > >> >> * Did any relevant messages end up in the system log? > > I'll look in the upgrade log. If there really should be anything wrong with the init script, some message should be logged during system startup, too! >> * Did you try to completely purge and then reinstall the package? > > Not yet. That's the very first thing I try on the occasional fsckup during package installation. Sometimes old configuration files can lead to hiccups, especially when skipping multiple intermediate versions during a (dist-)upgrade. >> * There's only a few places where the /etc/init.d/lprng script can >> exit with a code different from 0 upon start. >> Maybe you could try manually executing those parts of the script >> to check which one actually fails? E.g.: >> #test -f /usr/sbin/lpd || test -d /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lprng || exit 5 I should've added, in above example, better replace "exit 5" with something like "echo 'Ouch!'", or else the error indication will be you being logged out from the console. ;o) >> Going by your recent slew of problem reports I cannot help the >> impression your system may be hosed in a rather peculiar way. > > It had been hosed a year or so ago -- when aptitude had thousands of > broken or uninstalled and uninstallable packages . A package repository > for up-to-date ocaml had been in my sources.list and it apparently had > packages that related neither to ocaml or Devuan jessie. I could still > use aptitude from the command-line, but intereactive aptitude was > unusable. > I had to purge aptitude entirely and reinstall it using apt to cure the > problem. I had broken aptitude installations in the past, resorting to apt is the correct action. It's more robust and slightly more low-level, anyway. Urban -- Sapere aude! ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] lprng in ascii
Hendrik Boom wrote on 02.01.2018 03:49: > lprng is only partially installed after upgrade. Aptitude and apt keep > telling me this. However, it seems to work fine, and I have no problems > talking to my postscript laser printer. > > lprng's line in interactive aptitude is: > > Chlprng 3.8.B-2.13.8.B-2.1 > > on trying to clear its status by an explicit install, it appears not to > be able to 'start' it: > > root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik/printme# aptitude install lprng > The following partially installed packages will be configured: > lprng > No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. > Setting up lprng (3.8.B-2.1) ... > invoke-rc.d: initscript lprng, action "start" failed. > dpkg: error processing package lprng (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status > 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > lprng > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > Setting up lprng (3.8.B-2.1) ... > invoke-rc.d: initscript lprng, action "start" failed. > dpkg: error processing package lprng (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status > 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > lprng > > root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik/printme# > > > Any ideas? Lprng installs and configures fine on my ascii VM (after removing cups-bsd and cups-client, BTW.) * Did any relevant messages end up in the system log? * Did you try to completely purge and then reinstall the package? * There's only a few places where the /etc/init.d/lprng script can exit with a code different from 0 upon start. Maybe you could try manually executing those parts of the script to check which one actually fails? E.g.: #test -f /usr/sbin/lpd || test -d /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lprng || exit 5 Going by your recent slew of problem reports I cannot help the impression your system may be hosed in a rather peculiar way. Best regards Urban -- Sapere aude! ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] lprng in ascii
lprng is only partially installed after upgrade. Aptitude and apt keep telling me this. However, it seems to work fine, and I have no problems talking to my postscript laser printer. lprng's line in interactive aptitude is: Chlprng 3.8.B-2.13.8.B-2.1 on trying to clear its status by an explicit install, it appears not to be able to 'start' it: root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik/printme# aptitude install lprng The following partially installed packages will be configured: lprng No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. Setting up lprng (3.8.B-2.1) ... invoke-rc.d: initscript lprng, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing package lprng (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: lprng E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Setting up lprng (3.8.B-2.1) ... invoke-rc.d: initscript lprng, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing package lprng (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: lprng root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik/printme# Any ideas? ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
