Public bug reported: I was on an installed Xenial system with dist upgraded and dpkg failed to install the lubuntu plymouth theme. I think this crashed and the system brough up apport to report this bug.
I was on a xenial system and the plymoth did not isntall and apport brought up a bug against plymoth. Description: Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch) Release: 16.04 I expected the package from dist-upgrade to work instead it broke and did not install. and dpkg returned an error code of one. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: plymouth 0.9.0-0ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/boot.log' Date: Wed Dec 9 15:36:52 2015 DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/lubuntu-logo/lubuntu-logo.plymouth DuplicateSignature: De-configuring plymouth-theme-lubuntu-logo (0.56) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/plymouth-theme-lubuntu-logo.prerm called with unknown argument `deconfigure' dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/plymouth_0.9.2-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-17 (22 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151116) MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-19-generic root=UUID=f3d8bf8d-3b87-4efd-9325-2013f403e1a3 ro quiet splash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-19-generic root=UUID=f3d8bf8d-3b87-4efd-9325-2013f403e1a3 ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.3ubuntu1 apt 1.0.10.2ubuntu1 SourcePackage: plymouth TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/lubuntu-text/lubuntu-text.plymouth Title: package plymouth 0.9.0-0ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev' UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/27/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P2.00 dmi.board.name: H97M Pro4 dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP2.00:bd07/27/2015:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnH97MPro4:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. ** Affects: plymouth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package need-duplicate-check xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1524550 Title: package plymouth 0.9.0-0ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1524550/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs