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Dutch_Master

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Registered: 2018-05-31

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[SOLVED] Apt/dpkg error for ipmiutil package

Since weeks I get this error when (attempting) updating my system.

#root: dpkg --configure ipmiutil
Setting up ipmiutil (3.1.7-1) ...
insserv: warning: script 'S02dpms.sh' missing LSB tags
insserv: warning: script 'cgroups' missing LSB tags
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `cgroups'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop runlevel(s) for script `cgroups'
insserv: warning: script 'dpms.sh' missing LSB tags
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop runlevel(s) for script `dpms.sh'
Starting /usr/bin/ipmiutil wdt: 
Cannot open an IPMI driver: /dev/imb, /dev/ipmi0, /dev/ipmi/0, 
	 or direct driverless.
Cannot open an IPMI driver: /dev/imb, /dev/ipmi0, /dev/ipmi/0, 
	 or direct driverless.

invoke-rc.d: initscript ipmiutil_wdt, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package ipmiutil (--configure):
 installed ipmiutil package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ipmiutil

I tried purging the package, but it still wants to install it, open a ipmi driver (which there aren't) before anything else. I'm actually pretty close to a full reinstall >:(

Any suggestions?

Dutch_Master

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Registered: 2018-05-31

Posts: 277  

Re: [SOLVED] Apt/dpkg error for ipmiutil package

OK, I found an answer. Bit of a dirty work-around, but the errors are gone now.

As root, open /var/lib/dpkg/status in nano (or editor of choice) then search for the ipmitool package listing. The 2nd line reports its status, change this to

Status: purge ok config-files

Reload sources.list in your package manager then update your system. If all is well, no more errors!

As said, a dirty work-around as it doesn't address the issue of how that package got into that state in the first place and it's likely remnants of this packages remain on my system.