Comment 6 for bug 603934

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rickrack (rick-giorgio) wrote : Re: [Bug 603934] Re: package nfs-common 1:1.2.0-2ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: start: Job is already running: idmapd

Steve,
I know this isn't the same bug, but I'm running an Acer aspire one
D255, and was wondering if the sd media reader will ever work with
Ubuntu? How do I submit this to the proper group? I see it mentioned
in several articles, but never with a working answer.
Thanks,
Rick

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Steve Langasek
<email address hidden> wrote:
> I've sorted through what's going on here.  Partly this is caused by bug
> #643289, which causes a race condition for idmapd at boot time and
> leaves the idmapd job in an inconsistent "start/running" state with no
> associated process (bug #545673).  And partly, this is a bug in
> /lib/init/upstart-job: when the service *is* "start/running" with no
> PID, the 'restart' command is mapped to 'start', which fails because the
> job is already "running".  I think upstart needs to restart in this case
> whether there's a pid or not.
>
> ** Package changed: nfs-utils (Ubuntu) => upstart (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
>   Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
>       Status: Incomplete => Triaged
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/603934
>
> Title:
>  package nfs-common 1:1.2.0-2ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: start:
>  Job is already running: idmapd
>
> Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
>  Triaged
>
> Bug description:
>  na
>
>  ProblemType: Package
>  Architecture: amd64
>  Date: Sat Jul 10 11:30:38 2010
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
>  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>  Package: nfs-common 1:1.2.0-2ubuntu8
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
>  SourcePackage: nfs-utils
>  Title: package nfs-common 1:1.2.0-2ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64
>
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Rick Giorgio