package fancontrol 1:3.3.5-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1464875 reported by Dave
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Bug Description

Fan control not working on Acer Aspire 7720

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: fancontrol 1:3.3.5-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-18.18-generic 3.19.6
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-18-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 9 13:31:27 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:fancontrol:1:3.3.5-2:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-02 (407 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1
 apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4
SourcePackage: lm-sensors
Title: package fancontrol 1:3.3.5-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-05-06 (38 days ago)

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Dave (david-crawley7) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

Please run grep fancontrol /etc/init.d/* and post the output.

Changed in lm-sensors (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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rohit (kprohith70) wrote :

/etc/init.d/fancontrol:# Provides: fancontrol
/etc/init.d/fancontrol:# Short-Description: fancontrol
/etc/init.d/fancontrol:DAEMON=/usr/sbin/fancontrol
/etc/init.d/fancontrol:NAME="fancontrol"
/etc/init.d/fancontrol:PIDFILE=/var/run/fancontrol.pid
/etc/init.d/fancontrol:CONF=/etc/fancontrol
/etc/init.d/fancontrol: log_failure_msg "Not starting fancontro, broken configuration file; please re-run pwmconfig."
/etc/init.d/fancontrol: log_warning_msg "Not starting fancontro; run pwmconfig first."
/etc/init.d/fancontrol: log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/fancontrol {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}"

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for lm-sensors (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in lm-sensors (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Peter Saunderson (peteasa) wrote :

Just installed ubuntu 15.10 and the cpu fan started increasing in speed for no apparent reason at random times then slowing down... most annoying. Whilst investigating this I thought I would try fancontrol... but this did not seem to be able to help leaving the cpu fan blasting away at full speed and so I uninstalled fancontrol with sudo apt-get purge fancontrol

This left /etc/fancontrol on the disk and not correctly configured .. I thought this a bit odd so sudo apt-get install fancontrol and the install failed and I ended up at this bug after the automatic bug report system sent me here... ..

So the next thing to do was delete /etc/fancontrol and re-install fancontrol and I did not get this crash. and the install worked just fine. Still not enabled fancontrol because my pc does not seem to like PWM fan control so I will hope that the CPU fan stays well controlled.

Not sure if this experience will help anyone... but the tip is see if /etc/fancontrol is already on the disk and if the sudo apt-get install fancontrol fails have a look at the contents of that file / back it up / delete it and try again.

Pity that sudo apt-get purge fancontrol does not purge all the configuration... Perhaps that is the takeaway for the bug fix?

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