Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: btnx

I tried to upgrade from 0.4.6-1 (a package produced upstream before btnx
became part of Ubuntu), and got this:

$ sudo apt-get install -t jaunty btnx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  btnx-config libdaemon0
The following packages will be upgraded:
  btnx btnx-config libdaemon0
3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1344 not upgraded.
Need to get 130kB of archives.
After this operation, 7999kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main libdaemon0 0.13-2 [13.7kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe btnx-config 0.4.9-1 [95.8kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe btnx 0.4.11-1ubuntu1 [20.9kB]
Fetched 130kB in 1s (66.8kB/s)
(Reading database ... 196691 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libdaemon0 0.12-2 (using .../libdaemon0_0.13-2_i386.deb) 
...
Unpacking replacement libdaemon0 ...
Preparing to replace btnx-config 0.4.6-1 (using 
.../btnx-config_0.4.9-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement btnx-config ...
Preparing to replace btnx 0.4.6-1 (using .../btnx_0.4.11-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement btnx ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libdaemon0 (0.13-2) ...

Setting up btnx-config (0.4.9-1) ...
Setting up btnx (0.4.11-1ubuntu1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/btnx ...
Starting btnx : Button Extension - mouse button rerouter daemon
 btnx: Previous daemon already running. Killing it.
dpkg: error processing btnx (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 btnx
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
$

And I can't get it out of this state:

$ sudo apt-get install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up btnx (0.4.11-1ubuntu1) ...
Starting btnx : Button Extension - mouse button rerouter daemon
 btnx: Previous daemon already running. Killing it.
dpkg: error processing btnx (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 btnx
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
$

However, the daemon is NOT running anymore:

$ ps -ef | grep btnx
tristan   6446 11464  0 18:15 pts/0    00:00:00 grep btnx
$

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 8.10
Release:        8.10
$ apt-cache policy btnx
btnx:
  Installed: 0.4.11-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.4.11-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.4.11-1ubuntu1 0
        100 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: btnx 0.4.11-1ubuntu1
SourcePackage: btnx
Title: package btnx 0.4.11-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess 
post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

** Affects: btnx (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-package

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package btnx 0.4.11-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess 
post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355960
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