[Bug 549691] [NEW] post-inst script loops forever, repeatedly finding the same kernel image

[Marius Gedminas]

Public bug reported:

I tried to upgrade the system with Update Manager.  Noticing that it
takes an unusually long time (it's been over one hour now) to configure
linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic I expanded the terminal screen and noticed
that it's repeating the same message over and over:

Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic

pstree shows


  ├─update-manager,3011,mg /usr/bin/update-manager --no-focus-on-map
  │   ├─gksu,3023 --desktop /usr/share/applications/update-manager.desktop -- /usr/sbin/synaptic --hide-main-window --non-interactive --parent-window-id 69206055 -o Synaptic::closeZvt=true --progress-str Please\040wait,\040this\040can\040take\040some\040time. --finish-str Update\040is\040complete --set-selections-file /tmp/tmp459efj
  │   │   └─synaptic,3024,root --hide-main-window --non-interactive --parent-window-id 69206055 -o Synaptic::closeZvt=true --progress-str Please\040wait,\040this\040can\040take\040some\040time. --finish-str Update\040is\040complete --set-selections-file /tmp/tmp459efj
  │   │       └─synaptic,3205 --hide-main-window --non-interactive --parent-window-id 69206055 -o Synaptic::closeZvt=true --progress-str Please\040wait,\040this\040can\040take\040some\040time. --finish-str Update\040is\040complete --set-selections-file /tmp/tmp459efj
  │   │           └─dpkg,8323 --status-fd 42 --configure chromium-browser-inspector chromium-browser chromium-codecs-ffmpeg language-pack-en-base language-pack-en language-pack-gnome-en-base language-pack-gnome-en language-pack-lt-base language-pack-lt language-pack-gnome-lt-base language-pack-gnome-lt linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic libkrb5support0 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3 libgssapi-krb5-2 devicekit-disks libwbclient0 libsmbclient linux-image-generic linux-generic linux-headers-2.6.31-20 linux-headers-2.6.31-20-generic linux-headers-2.6.31-21 linux-headers-2.6.31-21-generic linux-headers-generic linux-libc-dev python-papyon samba-common smbclient winbind samba-common-bin lupin-support
  │   │               └─linux-image-2.6,8324 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic.postinst configure 2.6.31-20.57
  │   │                   └─grub-mkconfig,12165 -e /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg 2.6.31-20-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic
  │   │                       └─10_lupin,12227 -e /etc/grub.d/10_lupin
  │   ├─{update-manager},3021
  │   └─{update-manager},3022

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Mar 27 18:50:48 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic 2.6.31-20.58
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.57-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1949): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1939): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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post-inst script loops forever, repeatedly finding the same kernel image
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