Problems with latest Gutsy kernel update

[Paul S]

John DeCarlo said the following on 09/11/2007 03:24 PM:
> Hello,
> 
> I don't see anything about this in Google, so I may have something 
> different about my setup.  In fact, I suspect that it may be related to 
> having encrypted my entire hard drive (except grub and /boot).
> 
> Here are some symptoms when I ran aptitude dist-upgrade:
> 
> First the error message, then I try to configure by hand until I find 
> the root issue.
> ============
> [snip]
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
>  linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.22-11-generic; however:
>   Package linux-image-2.6.22-11-generic is not configured yet.
>  linux-image-generic depends on linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-11-generic; 
> however:
>   Package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-11-generic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of 
> linux-restricted-modules-generic:
>  linux-restricted-modules-generic depends on 
> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22-11-generic; however:
>   Package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22-11-generic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-generic (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  linux-image-2.6.22-11-generic
>  linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22-11-generic
>  linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-11-generic
>  linux-image-generic
>  linux-restricted-modules-generic
> 
> ============
> # dpkg --configure linux-image-2.6.22-11-generic
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.22-11-generic (2.6.22-11.32) ...
> Running depmod.
> sh: /usr/bin/mkinitramfs: not found
> Failed to create initrd image.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.22-11-generic (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  linux-image-2.6.22-11-generic
> ============
> 
> Now there was also an recent update to initramfs-tools, don't know if 
> that is relevant.
> 
> Note that /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs exists, but nothing in /usr/bin.  I 
> would be surprised if there were supposed to be something in /usr/bin, 
> but what do I know?

Most likely you got stuck between partial upload of updates.  For gutsy, 
you should be using "aptitude safe-upgrade" to avoid removing needed 
packages before the newer update appears in the repository.

FWIW, on my box with encrypted root, the kernel updated ok, but the 
nvidia (restricted-modules) package is still missing.  So, I don't think 
encryption is your problem.  Go back to your feisty partition and wait a 
day for more gutsy updates to reach the repos before using gutsy again.

HTH