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I just installed fglrx (2:13.350.1-0ubuntu3) on Utopic.
It causes a CPU hang (see Bug 1338177), so I wanted to remove it.
Running:
sudo apt-get purge fglrx fglrx-amdcccle
silently hangs, indefinitely. The prompt just never returns (not even with
Ctrl-C).
I tracked the bug down to this script:
/var/lib/dpkg/info/fglrx.postrm
whose process I was able to kill, and dpkg then continued (to a non-graceful
exit);
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Purging configuration files for fglrx (2:13.350.1-0ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: error processing package fglrx (--purge):
subprocess installed post-removal script was killed by signal (Terminated)
Errors were encountered while processing:
fglrx
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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The offending line in the postrm script is this one:
update-rc.d atieventsd remove >/dev/null
Having commented it out, I was then able to re-run the
sudo apt-get purge fglrx fglrx-amdcccle
successfully.
The root cause seems to be that the command:
/usr/lib/insserv/insserv
will sit there interminably, inactively, and unkillably.
even sudo killall -9 insserv won't stop it.
To fully recover from the insserv hang, I had to shut down the machine, with
shutdown -h now,
and even that didn't fully go down; I had to eventually physically reset the
box.
There are really 3 bugs here:
1. The fglrx package cannot be gracefully uninstalled.
2. insserv needs to be killed with fire.
3. the kernel's reboot or shutdown commands fail if a process like insserv is
stuck in the "D" state.
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ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC3: rjn 2616 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC2: rjn 2616 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: rjn 2616 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: rjn 2616 F.... pulseaudio
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=dd46a6f0-bcb8-4e75-b77d-6158117027ac
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-06 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.1)
IwConfig:
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.15.0-6-generic
root=UUID=591b7866-2111-434a-8423-b79bbf373c85 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.15.0-6.11-generic 3.15.0
PulseList:
Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not
accessible: Permission denied
No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.15.0-6-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.15.0-6-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.132
RfKill:
Tags: utopic
Uname: Linux 3.15.0-6-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 07/01/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 4105
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P8Z68-V LX
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4105:bd07/01/2013:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP8Z68-VLX:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
** Affects: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium
Status: New
** Tags: apport-collected utopic
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fglrx deb postrm script hangs indefinitely
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1338603
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