Public bug reported: I don't believe that sane-utils is anything other than an innocent victim of bug 1680502 - a general system hang involving systemd sleeping uninterruptably while zombies pile up behind it, and cpu usage skyrockets.
This morning I got a 1680502 hang during an attempt to install recent software updates, and eventually hard reset the system (ie held down the power button) to recover. Most likely either I didn't wait long enough for software update to complete (unlikely, since I gave it most of an hour), or the software update got blocked behind something else that was blocked on systemd and/or whatever systemd was blocked on. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: sane-utils 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-75.96-generic 4.4.59 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-75-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 3 08:03:17 2017 ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-26 (1832 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2 apt 1.2.20 SourcePackage: sane-backends Title: package sane-utils 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-03-31 (33 days ago) ** Affects: sane-backends (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to sane-backends in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688035 Title: package sane-utils 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 Status in sane-backends package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I don't believe that sane-utils is anything other than an innocent victim of bug 1680502 - a general system hang involving systemd sleeping uninterruptably while zombies pile up behind it, and cpu usage skyrockets. This morning I got a 1680502 hang during an attempt to install recent software updates, and eventually hard reset the system (ie held down the power button) to recover. Most likely either I didn't wait long enough for software update to complete (unlikely, since I gave it most of an hour), or the software update got blocked behind something else that was blocked on systemd and/or whatever systemd was blocked on. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: sane-utils 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-75.96-generic 4.4.59 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-75-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 3 08:03:17 2017 ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-26 (1832 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2 apt 1.2.20 SourcePackage: sane-backends Title: package sane-utils 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-03-31 (33 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1688035/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp