package acpid 1.0.6-9ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #480198 reported by Sam Williams
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: acpid

I encountered this error after doing an update to the most recent Karmic Koala system. So I was updating from an earlier version of Karmic to the current. Here is the version of ACPID that I'm running.

samurai@zanadu:~$ sudo dpkg -s acpid
Package: acpid
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 184
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.0.6-9ubuntu8

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 10 11:31:21 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: acpid 1.0.6-9ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: acpid
Title: package acpid 1.0.6-9ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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Sam Williams (sam-williams) wrote :
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 368857, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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