Ok, that all looks normal so I'm not sure why it fails to start. Can you run the first command again, but this time check the return value?
cat /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf /etc/sysctl.conf | sudo sysctl -e -p - ; echo $? Also, I just noticed that this was with the lucid version, which means the correct source package here is qemu-kvm; reassigning. ** Package changed: qemu-linaro (Ubuntu) => qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993856 Title: while updating the package qemu-kvm-extras-static 0.12.3+noroms- 0ubuntu9.18 failed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gives errorcode 1 back To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/+bug/993856/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
