[Bug 109917] Re: [apport] package netatalk failed to install/upgrade:

[sam]

I get a similar error with Ubuntu 8.04 i386 when installing netatalk with apt-get.   
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Unpacking netatalk (from .../netatalk_2.0.3-9_i386.deb) ...
Setting up netatalk (2.0.3-9) ...
Starting Netatalk services (this will take a while): nbp_rgstr: Connection timed out
Can't register Petra:Workstation@*
invoke-rc.d: initscript netatalk, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing netatalk (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 netatalk
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Of note is hat I have two physical ethernet cards and connections on
eth0 and eth1.  Shutting both cards with ifdown and then bringing one
card up (eth0) permits installation without the error.  My ifconfig
(with both up) is as follows:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr   DE:LE:TE:D.
          inet addr:192.168.1.100  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:6eff:fe97:b78a/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:174088 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:211563 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:109965451 (104.8 MB)  TX bytes:207806773 (198.1 MB)
          Interrupt:16 Base address:0xa000 

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr DE:LE:TE:D.  
          inet addr:192.168.0.254  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21c:f0ff:fe0b:91d4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:24245 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:284 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:8079180 (7.7 MB)  TX bytes:46520 (45.4 KB)
          Interrupt:19 Base address:0xe000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:1494 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1494 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:78600 (76.7 KB)  TX bytes:78600 (76.7 KB)

Apparently netatalk has trouble figuring out which eth to hook to when
there is more than one choice.  The online manual for netatalk
(http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/2.0/htmldocs) helped me figure out that
atalkd (part of netatalk) breaks with two ethernet connections unless
you configure atalkd.conf properly.  By eliminating one connection, I
avoided the described nuance. Starting the second eth after installation
doesn't cause an issue (other than it doesn't house a netatalk
connection).   It would be nice if the package installation indicated at
least confusion about which port to select or no ports available.  Even
better would be to ask what to do as a previous poster indicated.

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[apport] package netatalk failed to install/upgrade: 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109917
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