I had the same problem when upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10 (via changing sources.list and apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade).
The problem is diagnosed nicely on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=366806 . Basically: "/etc/init.d/atd start" works, but "invoke-rc.d atd" start does not (as root:) # /etc/init.d/atd stop * Stopping deferred execution scheduler atd [ OK ] # /etc/init.d/atd start * Starting deferred execution scheduler atd # /etc/init.d/atd stop * Stopping deferred execution scheduler atd [ OK ] # invoke-rc.d atd start * Starting deferred execution scheduler atd invoke-rc.d: initscript atd, action "start" failed. I consider this critical, as it prevents a proper update of the distro. ** Changed in: at (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => New -- Cannot install at_3.1.10ubuntu4_amd64.deb https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158178 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
