[SRU] package timidity-daemon 2.14.0-8ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: installed timidity-daemon package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 5

I can reproduce the issue in Jammmy, and have also tested and confirmed that its not affecting Focal or Mantic.

debdiff for Jammy attached.

thank you.

I reinstall timidity on ubuntu-22.04.3, but not work again.

I install timidity to use apt-get install timidity.
how do I apply patch?

I did these step that ubuntu 20.04 work fine.
but ubuntu 22.04 do not work.

$ LANG=C

$ sudo apt-get -y install timidity
[sudo] password for
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  fluid-soundfont-gm
Suggested packages:
  fluid-soundfont-gs freepats pmidi timidity-daemon
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fluid-soundfont-gm timidity
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 130 MB of archives.
After this operation, 150 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 fluid-soundfont-gm all 3.1-5.3 [130 MB]
Get:2 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 timidity amd64 2.14.0-8ubuntu1 [683 kB]
Fetched 130 MB in 13s (10.0 MB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package fluid-soundfont-gm.
(Reading database ... 210432 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../fluid-soundfont-gm_3.1-5.3_all.deb ...
Unpacking fluid-soundfont-gm (3.1-5.3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package timidity.
Preparing to unpack .../timidity_2.14.0-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking timidity (2.14.0-8ubuntu1) ...
Setting up timidity (2.14.0-8ubuntu1) ...
Setting up fluid-soundfont-gm (3.1-5.3) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 to provide /usr/share/sounds/sf2/default-GM.sf2 (default-GM.sf2) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 to provide /usr/share/sounds/sf3/default-GM.sf3 (default-GM.sf3) in auto mode
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...

$ aconnect -o
client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]
    0 'Midi Through Port-0'

$ echo "timidity -iAD -B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100 -x'soundfont /usr/share/midi/sf2/mypatches.sf2 order=1'" >> .profile

$ reboot

Hi Seiichi Nakashima,

The patch is to fix the "failed to install/upgrade" that you reported originally. I have now created a ppa with this patch. Can you please test the package from the ppa..

The instructions to add the ppa:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sudipmuk/timidity
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install timidity

Note: This has a slightly different version than the version mentioned in the patch, so that any stable release from jammy-updates will have priority over the version from ppa.

I use ppa, but timidity do not work as same as ubuntu-20.04.
I use timidity for wine application.

$ LANG=C

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sudipmuk/timidity
リポジトリ: 'deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/sudipmuk/timidity/ubuntu/ jammy main'
より詳しい情報: https://launchpad.net/~sudipmuk/+archive/ubuntu/timidity
リポジトリを追加しています。
続けるには「Enter」キーを、中止するにはCtrl-cを押してください。
Adding deb entry to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sudipmuk-ubuntu-timidity-jammy.list
Adding disabled deb-src entry to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sudipmuk-ubuntu-timidity-jammy.list
Adding key to /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/sudipmuk-ubuntu-timidity.gpg with fingerprint 47DF41F9326C826108F6155EE29259627BAE58E8
Hit:1 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Get:5 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/sudipmuk/timidity/ubuntu jammy InRelease [18.0 kB]
Get:6 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/sudipmuk/timidity/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages [1,344 B]
Get:7 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/sudipmuk/timidity/ubuntu jammy/main i386 Packages [752 B]
Get:8 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/sudipmuk/timidity/ubuntu jammy/main Translation-en [1,084 B]
Fetched 21.2 kB in 2s (8,782 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:5 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/sudipmuk/timidity/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
2 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

$ sudo apt-get -y install timidity
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  fluid-soundfont-gm
Suggested packages:
  fluid-soundfont-gs freepats pmidi timidity-daemon
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fluid-soundfont-gm timidity
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 130 MB of archives.
After this operation, 150 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 fluid-soundfont-gm all 3.1-5.3 [130 MB]
Get:2 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/sudipmuk/timidity/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 timidity amd64 2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1~ppa [698 kB]
Fetched 130 MB in 14s (9,231 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package fluid-soundfont-gm.
(Reading database ... 210432 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../fluid-soundfont-gm_3.1-5.3_all.deb ...
Unpacking fluid-soundfont-gm (3.1-5.3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package timidity.
Preparing to unpack .../timidity_2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1~ppa_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking timidity (2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1~ppa) ...
Setting up timidity (2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1~ppa) ...
Setting up fluid...

timidity command input terminal, then timidity stop.

timidity -iAD -B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100 -x'soundfont /usr/share/midi/sf2/mypatches.sf2 order=1'

https://wiki.winehq.org/MIDI

I read winehq wiki.

and I check to install fluidsynth, but not work too.

This looks reasonable to me, sponsored.

Seiichi, WRT to the issue about it not working after installing, maybe open a separate bug for that so we can keep this one on installability! Thanks!

Hello Seiichi, or anyone else affected,

Accepted timidity into jammy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/timidity/2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-jammy to verification-done-jammy. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-jammy. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Thank you

I showed new package at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/timidity/2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1
and download timidity_2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1.debian.tar.xz

xz -dv timidity_2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1.debian.tar.xz
tar xf timidity_2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1.debian.tar
cd debian
cat timidity.install

but /usr/bin/dh_exec, maybe dh_install, I do not use it.
how to update new timidity package.

Today, I test ubuntu-22.04.4 + wine + timidity, but do not work, midi no sound

(1) timidity setup

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get -y install timidity

and this command set into ~/.profile

timidity -iAD -B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100 -x'soundfont /usr/share/midi/sf2/mypatches.sf2 order=1'

(2) wine setup

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install wine32
wine --version
winecfg

I user windows98

and also setup winetricks for fonts install.

sudo apt -y install winetricks

(3) win98 PC game install and run

display log

0100:err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 66444940 "dlls/krnl386.exe16/syslevel.c: Win16Mutex" wait timed out in thread 0100, blocked by 0104, retrying (60 sec)

$ aconnect -o
client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]
    0 'Midi Through Port-0'
client 128: 'WINE midi driver' [type=user,pid=3077]
    1 'WINE ALSA Input '

and stop game

$ aconnect -o
client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]
    0 'Midi Through Port-0'

also ubuntu-20.04 + wine + timidity information.
it work fine.

running game

$ aconnect -o
client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]
    0 'Midi Through Port-0'
client 128: 'TiMidity' [type=user,pid=1729]
    0 'TiMidity port 0 '
    1 'TiMidity port 1 '
    2 'TiMidity port 2 '
    3 'TiMidity port 3 '

stop game

$ aconnect -o
client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]
    0 'Midi Through Port-0'
client 128: 'TiMidity' [type=user,pid=1729]
    0 'TiMidity port 0 '
    1 'TiMidity port 1 '
    2 'TiMidity port 2 '
    3 'TiMidity port 3 '

I investigate mypathes.sf2 that is written in wine wiki.

timidity -iAD -B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100 -x'soundfont /usr/share/midi/sf2/mypatches.sf2 order=1'

https://wiki.winehq.org/MIDI

/usr/share/midi/sf2/mypatches.sf2 is nothing in my PC.
then I rewirte timidity command as below using ubuntu-20.04.6 environment

timidity -iAD -B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100

then work fine.
so I update ubuntu-22.04.4 environment, but do not work too.

I can confirm that the timidity-daemon package in jammy-proposed has fixed the bug for me.

Test done:
1. Try installing timidity-daemon on a jammy installation and it failed to install.
2. Add jammy-proposed to apt sources
4. Upgrade timidity-daemon from jammy-proposed and it installed without any failure.
5. Check service status as a basic test

$ systemctl status timidity.service
● timidity.service - LSB: start and stop timidity
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/timidity; generated)
     Active: active (exited) since Sun 2024-03-17 22:32:37 GMT; 5s ago
       Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Process: 3346 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/timidity start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
        CPU: 56ms

Mar 17 22:32:37 sudip-Standard-PC-i440FX-PIIX-1996 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: start and stop timidity...
Mar 17 22:32:37 sudip-Standard-PC-i440FX-PIIX-1996 timidity[3346]: * Starting TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation timidity
Mar 17 22:32:37 sudip-Standard-PC-i440FX-PIIX-1996 timidity[3346]: ...done.
Mar 17 22:32:37 sudip-Standard-PC-i440FX-PIIX-1996 systemd[1]: Started LSB: start and stop timidity.

Test result: the errors with timidity-daemon has been fixed.

$ apt-cache policy timidity-daemon
timidity-daemon:
  Installed: 2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1
  Candidate: 2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1 500
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-proposed/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-proposed/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.14.0-8ubuntu1 500
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe i386 Packages

Has a revised version been released?
Today I reinstall ubuntu-22.04.4 + wine + timidity,
but not work too.

Hi Seiichi,
Thanks for confirming that you can now install timidity-daemon. Which means the reported bug about failing to install is fixed with the package in -proposed.

After your comment I wanted to check if timidity is working or not, so I followed the steps at https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Timidity++ and confirmed that Timidity is working in standalone mode and also in Daemon mode.

If its not working with wine then I think, same as Julian suggested, you need to open another bug with the details and any log you might have for that. I can not use this bug to check for something else.

@Release-Team: fyi, additional test has been done as mentioned in this comment.

Thank you.

By changing the steps below, I was able to play midi on the game on wine.

from: timidity -iAD -B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100
to: timidity -iA &

However, I am not satisfied with the wine game sound on ubuntu-22.04.4 overall.
The sound is distorted in parts other than midi and does not sound like ubuntu-20.04.
I don't think this is a timidity issue.

This bug was fixed in the package timidity - 2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1

---------------
timidity (2.14.0-8ubuntu1.22.04.1) jammy; urgency=medium

  * d/timidity-daemon.postinst: Fix fails to install: invoke update-rc.d
    before invoke-rc.d (LP: #2049243)

 -- Sudip Mukherjee <email address hidden> Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:38:47 +0000

The verification of the Stable Release Update for timidity has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.