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package keyboard-configuration 1.70ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Terminated)

Bug #1245663 reported by Daniel Risacher on 2013-10-28

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	console-setup (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

During upgrade dpkg hung on keyboard configuration.
FWIW, I was running do-release-upgrade inside screen over ssh.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: keyboard-configuration 1.70ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-42.65-generic 3.5.7.21
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 28 15:10:31 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:keyboard-configuration:1.70ubuntu7:ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Terminated)
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Terminated)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-21 (160 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: console-setup
Title: package keyboard-configuration 1.70ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Terminated)
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-10-28 (0 days ago)

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Daniel Risacher (junk-launchpad-risacher) wrote on 2013-10-28:

ConsoleSetup.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (595 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Keyboard.txt Edit (558 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstatetargz.gz Edit (568.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (5.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (51.2 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeHistorylog.gz Edit (20.2 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz Edit (562 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (14.2 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeScreenlog0.gz Edit (134.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2013-10-28

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-10-01:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in console-setup (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Stephane Bakhos (sbakhos) wrote on 2014-10-01:

Happenned to me on upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04 for a VM.

[8897390.288099] INFO: task setfont:19329 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[8897390.288100] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[8897390.288105] setfont D ffff88003fc14580 0 19329 19324 0x00000000
[8897390.288109] ffff880020153860 0000000000000046 ffff880020153fd8 0000000000014580
[8897390.288111] ffff880020153fd8 0000000000014580 ffff880036ea0000 ffff88003ce60fc0
[8897390.288113] ffffc9000024100c ffff88003ce60fe0 ffff8800201538e8 0000000000000282
[8897390.288114] Call Trace:
[8897390.288125] [<ffffffff816ee2b9>] schedule+0x29/0x70
[8897390.288141] [<ffffffffa01b7fa5>] qxl_ring_push+0x225/0x260 [qxl]
[8897390.288145] [<ffffffff810856a0>] ? wake_up_atomic_t+0x30/0x30
[8897390.288150] [<ffffffffa01b803b>] qxl_push_command_ring_release+0x5b/0x70 [qxl]
[8897390.288154] [<ffffffffa01b9818>] qxl_draw_opaque_fb+0x288/0x390 [qxl]
[8897390.288158] [<ffffffffa01b598e>] qxl_fb_imageblit_internal+0x3e/0x40 [qxl]
[8897390.288161] [<ffffffff816f0b88>] ? async_page_fault+0x28/0x30
[8897390.288166] [<ffffffff813c9b91>] ? get_color.isra.19+0x31/0x140
[8897390.288169] [<ffffffffa01b5e92>] qxl_fb_imageblit+0x72/0x1a0 [qxl]
[8897390.288172] [<ffffffff813cfb9f>] bit_putcs+0x2ef/0x550
[8897390.288174] [<ffffffff816f0b88>] ? async_page_fault+0x28/0x30
[8897390.288176] [<ffffffff813c9b91>] ? get_color.isra.19+0x31/0x140
[8897390.288179] [<ffffffff813cac0a>] fbcon_putcs+0x12a/0x170
[8897390.288181] [<ffffffff813cf8b0>] ? bit_cursor+0x650/0x650
[8897390.288186] [<ffffffff814458be>] do_update_region+0xfe/0x170
[8897390.288188] [<ffffffff81447a98>] redraw_screen+0x1d8/0x260
[8897390.288191] [<ffffffff813cce21>] fbcon_do_set_font+0x241/0x3d0
[8897390.288193] [<ffffffff813cd283>] fbcon_set_font+0x203/0x270
[8897390.288196] [<ffffffff8144c0c7>] con_font_op+0x3f7/0x4a0
[8897390.288198] [<ffffffff812dd7f8>] ? security_capable+0x18/0x20
[8897390.288202] [<ffffffff8143eb7c>] vt_ioctl+0x73c/0x1160
[8897390.288204] [<ffffffff8143312d>] tty_ioctl+0x26d/0xb90
[8897390.288207] [<ffffffff8116f5d5>] ? do_mmap_pgoff+0x305/0x3c0
[8897390.288209] [<ffffffff811ba005>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e5/0x4d0
[8897390.288211] [<ffffffff811ba271>] SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
[8897390.288215] [<ffffffff816f8f1d>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f

Upon retry
20527 pts/1 Ss+ 3:35 \_ /usr/bin/python /tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-milvw4/trusty --mode=server --frontend=DistUpgradeViewText
5818 pts/1 S+ 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/dpkg --configure -a
5819 pts/1 S+ 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/keyboard-configuration.postinst configure 1.70ubuntu7
6057 pts/1 S+ 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/keyboard-configuration.postinst configure 1.70ubuntu7
6068 pts/1 D+ 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /bin/setupcon --force --save

Happenned to me on upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04 for a VM.

[8897390.288099] INFO: task setfont:19329 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[8897390.288100] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[8897390.288105] setfont         D ffff88003fc14580     0 19329  19324 0x00000000
[8897390.288109]  ffff880020153860 0000000000000046 ffff880020153fd8 0000000000014580
[8897390.288111]  ffff880020153fd8 0000000000014580 ffff880036ea0000 ffff88003ce60fc0
[8897390.288113]  ffffc9000024100c ffff88003ce60fe0 ffff8800201538e8 0000000000000282
[8897390.288114] Call Trace:
[8897390.288125]  [<ffffffff816ee2b9>] schedule+0x29/0x70
[8897390.288141]  [<ffffffffa01b7fa5>] qxl_ring_push+0x225/0x260 [qxl]
[8897390.288145]  [<ffffffff810856a0>] ? wake_up_atomic_t+0x30/0x30
[8897390.288150]  [<ffffffffa01b803b>] qxl_push_command_ring_release+0x5b/0x70 [qxl]
[8897390.288154]  [<ffffffffa01b9818>] qxl_draw_opaque_fb+0x288/0x390 [qxl]
[8897390.288158]  [<ffffffffa01b598e>] qxl_fb_imageblit_internal+0x3e/0x40 [qxl]
[8897390.288161]  [<ffffffff816f0b88>] ? async_page_fault+0x28/0x30
[8897390.288166]  [<ffffffff813c9b91>] ? get_color.isra.19+0x31/0x140
[8897390.288169]  [<ffffffffa01b5e92>] qxl_fb_imageblit+0x72/0x1a0 [qxl]
[8897390.288172]  [<ffffffff813cfb9f>] bit_putcs+0x2ef/0x550
[8897390.288174]  [<ffffffff816f0b88>] ? async_page_fault+0x28/0x30
[8897390.288176]  [<ffffffff813c9b91>] ? get_color.isra.19+0x31/0x140
[8897390.288179]  [<ffffffff813cac0a>] fbcon_putcs+0x12a/0x170
[8897390.288181]  [<ffffffff813cf8b0>] ? bit_cursor+0x650/0x650
[8897390.288186]  [<ffffffff814458be>] do_update_region+0xfe/0x170
[8897390.288188]  [<ffffffff81447a98>] redraw_screen+0x1d8/0x260
[8897390.288191]  [<ffffffff813cce21>] fbcon_do_set_font+0x241/0x3d0
[8897390.288193]  [<ffffffff813cd283>] fbcon_set_font+0x203/0x270
[8897390.288196]  [<ffffffff8144c0c7>] con_font_op+0x3f7/0x4a0
[8897390.288198]  [<ffffffff812dd7f8>] ? security_capable+0x18/0x20
[8897390.288202]  [<ffffffff8143eb7c>] vt_ioctl+0x73c/0x1160
[8897390.288204]  [<ffffffff8143312d>] tty_ioctl+0x26d/0xb90
[8897390.288207]  [<ffffffff8116f5d5>] ? do_mmap_pgoff+0x305/0x3c0
[8897390.288209]  [<ffffffff811ba005>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e5/0x4d0
[8897390.288211]  [<ffffffff811ba271>] SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
[8897390.288215]  [<ffffffff816f8f1d>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f

Upon retry
20527 pts/1    Ss+    3:35  \_ /usr/bin/python /tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-milvw4/trusty --mode=server --frontend=DistUpgradeViewText
 5818 pts/1    S+     0:00      \_ /usr/bin/dpkg --configure -a
 5819 pts/1    S+     0:00          \_ /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/keyboard-configuration.postinst configure 1.70ubuntu7
 6057 pts/1    S+     0:00              \_ /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/keyboard-configuration.postinst configure 1.70ubuntu7
 6068 pts/1    D+     0:00                  \_ /bin/sh /bin/setupcon --force --save

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