Ubuntu 16.04: not possible to install qemu-system-common

Thanks for reporting this bug.

mountkernfs should not be a problem, here is its description:

# Short-Description: Mount kernel virtual file systems.
# Description: Mount initial set of virtual filesystems the kernel
# provides and that are required by everything.

I'll mark this as affecting initscripts, which provides mountkernfs,
because I don't know what to look for to determine why mountkernfs
would not be provided.

I cannot reproduce this problem. The initscripts package, which provides mountkernfs, is a dependency of the init system, so it is always present. Is there a problem with the /etc/init.d/mountkernfs.sh file on your system? If it's present, please attach it to this bug.

Hi Steve,

I hit this bug after fresh installation on my notebook. I removed Ubuntu
like a week ago, so I can't provide you with additional details right now.

I will try to reproduce it with fresh VM and will let you know my findings.

On 14 February 2016 at 01:28, Steve Langasek <email address hidden>
wrote:

> I cannot reproduce this problem. The initscripts package, which
> provides mountkernfs, is a dependency of the init system, so it is
> always present. Is there a problem with the /etc/init.d/mountkernfs.sh
> file on your system? If it's present, please attach it to this bug.
>
> ** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1539548
>
> Title:
> Ubuntu 16.04: not possible to install qemu-system-common
>
> Status in qemu package in Ubuntu:
> New
> Status in sysvinit package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Attempt to install qemu-system-common fails:
>
> # apt-get install qemu-system-common
> ...
> Setting up qemu-system-common (1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu3) ...
> insserv: Service mountkernfs has to be enabled to start service
> qemu-system-x86
> insserv: exiting now!
> update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
> dpkg: error processing package qemu-system-common (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
>
> W/A: remove mountkernfs from 'Required-Start' in /etc/init.d/qemu-kvm
>
> Additional details:
>
> $ lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
> Release: 16.04
>
> $ apt-cache policy qemu-system-common
> qemu-system-common:
> Installed: 1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu3
> Candidate: 1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu3
> Version table:
> *** 1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu3 500
> 500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64
> Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> Package: qemu-system-common 1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-7.18-generic 4.3.3
> Uname: Linux 4.3.0-7-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Fri Jan 29 17:25:01 2016
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-29 (0 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64
> (20160127)
> KvmCmdLine:
> COMMAND STAT EUID RUID PID PPID %CPU COMMAND
> kvm-irqfd-clean S< 0 0 17260 2 0.0 [kvm-irqfd-clean]
> MachineType: LENOVO 20BX002KRT
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.3.0-7-generic
> root=UUID=b8ac91de-9dc8-4e51-a7e6-18069c42cd7a ro quiet splash
> SourcePackage: qemu
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> dmi.bios.date: 07/08/2015
> dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.bios.version: JBET51WW (1.16 )
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
> dmi.board.name: 20BX002KRT
> dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.board.version: SDK0E50510 WIN
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.v...

Not able to reproduce it anymore..

On 14 February 2016 at 13:12, Andrey Kartashov <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> I hit this bug after fresh installation on my notebook. I removed Ubuntu
> like a week ago, so I can't provide you with additional details right now.
>
> I will try to reproduce it with fresh VM and will let you know my findings.
>
>
> On 14 February 2016 at 01:28, Steve Langasek <<email address hidden>
> > wrote:
>
>> I cannot reproduce this problem. The initscripts package, which
>> provides mountkernfs, is a dependency of the init system, so it is
>> always present. Is there a problem with the /etc/init.d/mountkernfs.sh
>> file on your system? If it's present, please attach it to this bug.
>>
>> ** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu)
>> Status: New => Incomplete
>>
>> --
>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
>> report.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1539548
>>
>> Title:
>> Ubuntu 16.04: not possible to install qemu-system-common
>>
>> Status in qemu package in Ubuntu:
>> New
>> Status in sysvinit package in Ubuntu:
>> Incomplete
>>
>> Bug description:
>> Attempt to install qemu-system-common fails:
>>
>> # apt-get install qemu-system-common
>> ...
>> Setting up qemu-system-common (1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu3) ...
>> insserv: Service mountkernfs has to be enabled to start service
>> qemu-system-x86
>> insserv: exiting now!
>> update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
>> dpkg: error processing package qemu-system-common (--configure):
>> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
>> status 1
>>
>> W/A: remove mountkernfs from 'Required-Start' in /etc/init.d/qemu-kvm
>>
>> Additional details:
>>
>> $ lsb_release -rd
>> Description: Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
>> Release: 16.04
>>
>> $ apt-cache policy qemu-system-common
>> qemu-system-common:
>> Installed: 1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu3
>> Candidate: 1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu3
>> Version table:
>> *** 1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu3 500
>> 500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64
>> Packages
>> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>>
>> ProblemType: Bug
>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
>> Package: qemu-system-common 1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu3
>> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-7.18-generic 4.3.3
>> Uname: Linux 4.3.0-7-generic x86_64
>> ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu1
>> Architecture: amd64
>> CurrentDesktop: Unity
>> Date: Fri Jan 29 17:25:01 2016
>> InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-29 (0 days ago)
>> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64
>> (20160127)
>> KvmCmdLine:
>> COMMAND STAT EUID RUID PID PPID %CPU COMMAND
>> kvm-irqfd-clean S< 0 0 17260 2 0.0 [kvm-irqfd-clean]
>> MachineType: LENOVO 20BX002KRT
>> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.3.0-7-generic
>> root=UUID=b8ac91de-9dc8-4e51-a7e6-18069c42cd7a ro quiet splash
>> SourcePackage: qemu
>> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>> dmi.bios.date: 07/08/2015
>> dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
>> dmi.bios.version: JBET51WW (1.16 )
>> dmi.board.asset....

Thanks, setting the bug status to Invalid meaning "cannot reproduce".