Hello Berend,

thank you for your hint with the scanner group.

I have deleted the scanner group and reinstalled colord and I had no
trouble anymore.
Also after updating from Kubuntu 12.04 -> 12.10 I had no problems.

Once again, thank you.

Bye Martin

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Title:
  package colord 0.1.16-2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 1

Status in “colord” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “colord” source package in Precise:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  Upgrades from 11.10 to 12.04 fail indicating "exit status 1" from 
installing/upgrading colord.

  [Discussion]
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/colord.postinst does not produce helpful error messages 
even if run manually.  But the script is trying to run this command:

    addgroup --quiet --system scanner

  Running it without the --quiet option reveals the error:

    sudo addgroup --system scanner
    addgroup: The group `scanner' already exists and is not a system group. 
Exiting.

  So there's the problem: the group is already there but is not a system
  group. Taking a look at the group I see:

  $ grep scanner /etc/group
  scanner:x:1001:colord

  Indeed it is not a system group, and it only seems to be used by
  colord.

  [Test Case]
  1.  Install Ubuntu 11.10
  2.  ???
  3.  Upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04

  Expected:  Successful upgrade with no errors
  Actual:  Upgrade hits this error - "package colord 0.1.16-2 failed to 
install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script 
returned error exit status 1"

  [Workaround]
    sudo delgroup scanner
    sudo apt-get install -f

  [Original Report]
  No idea. The installation was going on and suddenly this message appears.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: colord 0.1.16-2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Apr 27 18:46:43 2012
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script 
returned error exit status 1
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  SourcePackage: colord
  Title: package colord 0.1.16-2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: 
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (0 days ago)

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