Not sure if this is fixed or not. I just got the same error trying to upgrade from 3.0-1ubuntu4 to the version 3.0-1ubuntu6
The following packages will be upgraded: ibmasm-utils 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/15.9kB of archives. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y (Reading database ... 99315 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace ibmasm-utils 3.0-1ubuntu4 (using .../ibmasm-utils_3.0-1ubuntu6_i386.deb) ... Stopping ibmasm: invoke-rc.d: initscript ibmasm, action "stop" failed. dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 3 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... Stopping ibmasm: invoke-rc.d: initscript ibmasm, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ibmasm-utils_3.0-1ubuntu6_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 3 * \nWaiting for ibmasm device to appear (2 seconds timeout) . . Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/ibmasm-utils_3.0-1ubuntu6_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- package ibmasm-utils 3.0-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess neues pre-removal-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 3 zur?ck https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214456 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
