Re: setmixer broken in unstable

[Derek Loree <derek@infotects.com>]

Hi Josh,

I had the same problem, and I found a work around for it.

in the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/setmixer.postrm

is the command: update-rc.d setmixer remove

which, when executed from command line gives a strange error.

linuxhost:~# update-rc.d -n setmixer remove
update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/setmixer exists during rc.d purge (use -f to
force)

So I tried to force it (note, the -n makes it only pretend to do stuff), but got the same
error.

linuxhost:~# update-rc.d -n -f setmixer remove
update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/setmixer exists during rc.d purge (continuing)
 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/setmixer ...
    /etc/rc0.d/K21setmixer
    /etc/rc1.d/K21setmixer
    /etc/rc2.d/S21setmixer
    /etc/rc3.d/K21setmixer
    /etc/rc5.d/S21setmixer
    /etc/rc6.d/K21setmixer

So I tried just moving the init.d script out of the way, and got no funny error.

linuxhost:~# mv /etc/init.d/setmixer /etc/init.d/setmixer.old
linuxhost:~# update-rc.d -n -f setmixer remove
 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/setmixer ...
    /etc/rc0.d/K21setmixer
    /etc/rc1.d/K21setmixer
    /etc/rc2.d/S21setmixer
    /etc/rc3.d/K21setmixer
    /etc/rc5.d/S21setmixer
    /etc/rc6.d/K21setmixer

I then left it out of the way, ran dselect again, and it went through without any errors.  I
then moved it back:

linuxhost:~# mv /etc/init.d/setmixer.old /etc/init.d/setmixer

And it is still working (the start-stop script that is), and dselect has no complaints.

HTH

Derek Loree

Josh McKinney wrote:

> I am having troubles with the setmixer package in sid.  No matter what I try to do, be it
> apt-get reinstall, or dpkg --force-all install, remove, etc.  It gives me the same error.
>
> dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/setmixer_27DEC94-6_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/setmixer_27DEC94-6_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> Is there any way I can fix this?
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
>
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