Unable to upgrade - dpkg refuses to install pve-manager

[cdukes]

As a result of a failed upgrade yesterday, I reinstalled from scratch today and am still getting the same problem.

Setting up pve-manager (4.0-50) ...
Failed to get D-Bus connection: Unknown error

dpkg audit shows:
#dpkg --audit

The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems
configuring them the first time.  The configuration should be retried using
dpkg --configure <package> or the configure menu option in dselect:
 pve-manager          The Proxmox Virtual Environment

And, of course, if I try that:

~# dpkg --configure pve-manager
Setting up pve-manager (4.0-50) ...
Failed to get D-Bus connection: Unknown error -1
Failed to get D-Bus connection: Unknown error -1
dpkg: error processing package pve-manager (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 pve-manager

How can I fix this?

 

[cdukes]

I was able to get it fixed by following this:
https://www.skelleton.net/2015/05/04/upgrading-debian-guests-on-proxmox-to-jessie/#sysvinit
I removed systemd, then re-installed it.

 

[dietmar]

I removed systemd, then re-installed it.

Proxmox VE will not work without systemd.

 

[cdukes]

Yes, I know. It was borked, so I removed and re-installed to fix it.

 

[Knight]

This is because the system is running Vinit instead of systemd. I run into the same problem because i didn't notice that i have to uninstall the pve* packages before I upgrade to Jessie. Maybe you add this with the link to the wiki into the Announcement?

Try ps -p 1 -o comm=

If this returns initd than you have to change grub to boot the system with systemd.
You can also see this when you execute "systemctl" then the system responds with "Failed to get D-Bus connection: Unknown error -1"

nano /etc/default/grub
Edit the string to the following. Mainly make sure you add "init=/bin/systemd"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet init=/bin/systemd"
update-grubcat /boot/grub/grub.cfg
update-initramfs -u
Reboot and try the command above again. If it returns systemd, than you can execute "#apt-get -f install" and the system should finish the installation.
Now proceed with the installation step by step from the wiki pve DOT proxmox DOT com/wiki/Upgrade_from_3.x_to_4.0 or make sure that everything is working as expected.

This resolved my problem. I hope it does the same for you

Argh: This site won't work with TLS

 

[FuriousGeorge]

Try ps -p 1 -o comm=

This worked.

Thanks Knight.