Public bug reported: Following the instructions at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2143157&p=12650610#post12650610 , I tried to disable speech-dispatcher as follows: sudo vi /etc/default/speech-dispatcher terminal refused to accept change from RUN=yes to RUN=no. TRIED TO CHANGE 'YES' TO 'NO' -would not accept the command so tried to close terminal. Reports: “There is still a process running in this terminal. Closing the terminal will kill it.” opted to close On rebooting get a message: E325: ATTENTION Found a swap file by the name "/etc/default/.speech-dispatcher.swp" owned by: root dated: Fri Mar 30 10:16:12 2018 file name: /etc/default/speech-dispatcher modified: YES user name: root host name: nicnoks-desktop process ID: 4222 While opening file "/etc/default/speech-dispatcher" dated: Fri Mar 23 11:21:51 2018 (1) Another program may be editing the same file. If this is the case, be careful not to end up with two different instances of the same file when making changes. Quit, or continue with caution. (2) An edit session for this file crashed. If this is the case, use ":recover" or "vim -r /etc/default/speech-dispatcher" to recover the changes (see ":help recovery"). If you did this already, delete the swap file "/etc/default/.speech-dispatcher.swp" to avoid this message. "/etc/default/speech-dispatcher"" 4 lines, 133 characters Press ENTER or type command to continue" tried to close terminal: “There is still a process running in this terminal. Closing the terminal will kill it.” went to "/etc/default/.speech-dispatcher.swp" [12.3kb binary] but it refuses to be deleted, cut or renamed I don't want Speech-Despatcher anyway – so remove through Synaptic changelog kept - summary = gnome-orca will be removed libgnome-speech7 will be removed libspeechd2 will be removed python3-speechd will be removed speech-dispatcher will be removed speech-dispatcher-audio-plugins will be removed
ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: speech-dispatcher 0.8-5ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-143.192-generic 3.13.11-ckt39 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-143-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Mar 30 11:43:31 2018 DuplicateSignature: package:speech-dispatcher:0.8-5ubuntu1:subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.8 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.17 SourcePackage: speech-dispatcher Title: package speech-dispatcher 0.8-5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-13 (1324 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.default.speech.dispatcher: # Defaults for the speech-dispatcher initscript, from speech-dispatcher # Set to yes to start system wide Speech Dispatcher RUN=yes mtime.conffile..etc.default.speech.dispatcher: 2018-03-23T11:21:51.735065 ** Affects: speech-dispatcher (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package i386 trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1760071 Title: package speech-dispatcher 0.8-5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/speech-dispatcher/+bug/1760071/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs