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    Failed to start procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.3)

    Hi,

    This bug is already reported and resolved too in other versions of Ubuntu, but I am facing this issue in release 1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.3 !

    The procps service fails to start whenever I try to install or upgrade.

    The command I am using is: sudo apt-get upgrade
    Which results in tonnes of errors snippet is as follows:
    Code:
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    53 not fully installed or removed.
    After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
    Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
    Setting up procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.3) ...
    start: Job failed to start
    invoke-rc.d: initscript procps, action "start" failed.
    dpkg: error processing procps (--configure):
     subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
    
    ... SNIP ...
    Any suggestion, clues are most welcome!

    Best Regards,
    Vicky

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    Re: Failed to start procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.3)

    Hi Vicky,
    I have the same problem, when i tried to upgrade my system i receive this error:

    Code:
      procps
    Authentication warning overridden.
    Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main procps amd64 1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.4 [233 kB]
    Fetched 233 kB in 0s (390 kB/s)
    Setting up procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.3) ...
    start: Job failed to start
    invoke-rc.d: initscript procps, action "start" failed.
    dpkg: error processing procps (--configure):
     subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of udev:
     udev depends on procps; however:
      Package procps is not configured yet.
    dpkg: error processing udev (--configure):
     dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mountall:
     mountall depends on udev; however:
      Package udev is not configured yet.
    dpkg: error processing mountall (--configure):
     dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ppp:
     ppp depends on procps; however:
      Package procps is not configured yet.
    dpkg: error processing ppp (--configure):
     dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
    No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
    No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
    Errors were encountered while processing:
     procps
     udev
     mountall
     ppp
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    But at the moment i not found any solutions

  3. #3
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    Re: Failed to start procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.3)

    Hi Vicky,
    i found a workaraound to complete the install or upgrade, try to rename your procps.conf as
    Code:
    mv /etc/init/procps.conf /etc/init/procps.conf.old

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