this appears nearly identical to Bug #1032915 (quantal), install or upgrade of dbus in a chroot (with appropriate --rbind's) yields:
Setting up dbus (1.6.4-1ubuntu4) ... start: Unknown job: dbus invoke-rc.d: initscript dbus, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing dbus (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 as a result, dbus, and all packages that depend upon it, remain "unconfigured", causing app failures (eg gnucash fails to find config data). ** Also affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1006195 Title: invoke-rc.d: initscript dbus, action "start" failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lava-dispatcher/+bug/1006195/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs