subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1: acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: No such file or directory

Bug #154887 reported by Martin Prout
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This bug affects 9 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
acpid (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
acpid (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

Could not install 'acpid'

ERROR:
Setting up laptop-mode-tools (1.34-1ubuntu2) ...
 * Enabling laptop mode...
 * Enabling laptop mode... [ OK ]
Setting up acpid (1.0.4-5ubuntu8) ...
 * Starting ACPI services...
 * Starting ACPI services... acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: No such file or directory
invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "start" failed.
invoke-rc.d: release upgrade in progress, error is not fatal
Setting up radeontool (1.5-5build1) ...
Setting up toshset (1.72-4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up smartdimmer (0.1-2build1) ...
Setting up finger (0.17-11) ...
Setting up acpi-support (0.103) ...
acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: No such file or directory
invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "restart" failed.
 * Checking battery state...
 * Checking battery state... [ OK ]

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/' to this bugreport as attachments to your bug report? Thanks in advance.

Changed in update-manager:
assignee: nobody → mvo
status: New → Incomplete
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Martin Prout (martin-p) wrote :

Attached log files as tar as requested

Daniel Hahler (blueyed)
Changed in acpid:
assignee: mvo → nobody
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Incomplete → Triaged
description: updated
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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

Are you using a custom kernel, where /proc/acpi/event has been disabled (it's deprecated in linux 2.6.24).

Changed in acpid:
status: Triaged → Incomplete
Changed in acpid:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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echo6 (echo6-uk) wrote :

I'm using a custom kernel, and yes I've disabled /proc/acpi/event because it has been deprecated. (custom based on Kernel-2.6.26)

Changed in acpid:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

This is claimed to be fixed in Debian (since 1.0.6-14), which needs to be merged.

Changed in acpid:
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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starslights (starslights) wrote :

hello,

I run a server Hardy 32 bits LTS and after the update it still impossible to install ACPID and it crash always if i will update or install a application .

i run Kubuntu most of time and on gnome i don't find how add my apport-collect to complete this report.

Please any help appreciate

my best

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starslights (starslights) wrote :
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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 10)
 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:29c1] (rev 10) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
 Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
 BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:29c2] (rev 10) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:29c2]
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
 Region 0: Memory at ff900000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
 Region 1: I/O ports at f140 [size=8]
 Region 2: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
 Region 3: Memory at ff700000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
 Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
 BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
 Memory behind bridge: ff800000-ff8fffff
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e4000000-00000000e40fffff
 Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
 BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller ...

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