here is the install error log for ubuntu-desktop
Errors were encountered while processing: acpid acpi-support powermanagement-interface E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up acpid (1.0.4-5ubuntu8) ... * Loading ACPI modules... ...done. * Starting ACPI services... invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing acpid (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of acpi-support: acpi-support depends on acpid (>= 1.0.4-1ubuntu4); however: Package acpid is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing acpi-support (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of powermanagement-interface: powermanagement-interface depends on acpi-support (>= 0.17); however: Package acpi-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing powermanagement-interface (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: acpid acpi-support powermanagement-interface -- acpid install fails, upgrading from dapper to edgy beta. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/63450 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs