Public bug reported: User@mjb:/$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libmirclient-dev libmircommon-dev libmircookie-dev libmircookie2 libmircore-dev libprotobuf-dev libxkbcommon-dev linux-headers-4.13.0-19 linux-headers-4.13.0-19-generic linux-image-4.13.0-19-generic linux-image-extra-4.13.0-19-generic linux-signed-image-4.13.0-19-generic Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Setting up transmission-daemon (2.92-2ubuntu3.1) ... Job for transmission-daemon.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status transmission-daemon.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript transmission-daemon, action "start" failed. ● transmission-daemon.service - Transmission BitTorrent Daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/transmission-daemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2018-01-28 21:21:24 CST; 6ms ago Process: 17620 ExecStart=/usr/bin/transmission-daemon -f --log-error (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 17620 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Jan 28 21:21:24 mjb systemd[1]: Starting Transmission BitTorrent Daemon... Jan 28 21:21:24 mjb transmission-daemon[17620]: [2018-01-28 21:21:24.932] JSON parse failed in /var/lib/transmission-daemon/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json at pos 461: ESCAPE_INVALID -- remaining text " Book/", Jan 28 21:21:24 mjb transmission-daemon[17620]: "do" Jan 28 21:21:24 mjb transmission-daemon[17620]: [2018-01-28 21:21:24.932] transmission-daemon Error loading config file -- exiting. (daemon.c:693) Jan 28 21:21:24 mjb systemd[1]: transmission-daemon.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Jan 28 21:21:24 mjb systemd[1]: Failed to start Transmission BitTorrent Daemon. Jan 28 21:21:24 mjb systemd[1]: transmission-daemon.service: Unit entered failed state. Jan 28 21:21:24 mjb systemd[1]: transmission-daemon.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. dpkg: error processing package transmission-daemon (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: transmission-daemon E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: transmission-daemon 2.92-2ubuntu3.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Jan 28 21:15:53 2018 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-26 (94 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, unpackaged PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 2.7.14-2ubuntu1 RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1 apt 1.5.1 SourcePackage: transmission Title: package transmission-daemon 2.92-2ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.transmission-daemon.settings.json: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.transmission-daemon.settings.json: 2017-12-21T12:55:36.045583 ** Affects: transmission (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package artful -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1745904 Title: package transmission-daemon 2.92-2ubuntu3.1 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/transmission/+bug/1745904/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs