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I just installed fglrx  (2:13.350.1-0ubuntu3)  on Utopic.
It causes a CPU hang (see Bug 1338177), so I wanted to remove it.

Running: 
  sudo apt-get purge fglrx fglrx-amdcccle 
silently hangs, indefinitely.  The prompt just never returns (not even with Ctrl-C).

I tracked the bug down to this script:
/var/lib/dpkg/info/fglrx.postrm  
whose process I was able to kill, and dpkg then continued (to a non-graceful exit);

--
Purging configuration files for fglrx (2:13.350.1-0ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: error processing package fglrx (--purge):
 subprocess installed post-removal script was killed by signal (Terminated)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fglrx
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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The offending line in the postrm script is this one:
update-rc.d atieventsd remove >/dev/null

Having commented it out, I was then able to re-run the 
sudo apt-get purge fglrx fglrx-amdcccle
successfully.


The root cause seems to be that the command:
  /usr/lib/insserv/insserv
will sit there interminably, inactively, and unkillably.
even sudo killall -9 insserv   won't stop it.

To fully recover from the insserv hang, I had to shut down the machine, with shutdown -h now, 
and even that didn't fully go down; I had to eventually physically reset the box.


There are really 3 bugs here:

1. The fglrx package cannot be gracefully uninstalled.
2. insserv needs to be killed with fire.
3. the kernel's reboot or shutdown commands fail if a process like insserv is stuck in the "D" state.
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ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC3:  rjn        2616 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC2:  rjn        2616 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  rjn        2616 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1:  rjn        2616 F.... pulseaudio
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=dd46a6f0-bcb8-4e75-b77d-6158117027ac
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-06 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.1)
IwConfig:
 eth0      no wireless extensions.
 
 eth1      no wireless extensions.
 
 lo        no wireless extensions.
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.15.0-6-generic root=UUID=591b7866-2111-434a-8423-b79bbf373c85 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.15.0-6.11-generic 3.15.0
PulseList:
 Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
 No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.15.0-6-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.15.0-6-generic  N/A
 linux-firmware                            1.132
RfKill:
 
Tags:  utopic
Uname: Linux 3.15.0-6-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:
 
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 07/01/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 4105
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P8Z68-V LX
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4105:bd07/01/2013:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP8Z68-VLX:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

** Affects: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-collected utopic
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fglrx deb postrm script hangs indefinitely
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1338603
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