Kernel upgrade problem?

[Chris Mohler]

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina at gmail.com> wrote:
> Core 2 duo, 2 gig, onboard Intel video, Xubuntu 7.10, 8.04 ran fine,
> 8.10 mostly OK.
>
> Recently, after telling it to get all upgrades, I started seeing these messages:
>
> E: linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic: subprocess post-installation script
> returned error exit status 2
> E: linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic: subprocess post-installation script
> returned error exit status 2
> E: linux-headers-generic: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> E: linux-image-generic: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>
> Checking in Synaptic, I found various older things installed, like
> 2.6.24 modules.
> I tagged those for removal and the current stuff for re-install. Somewhat to my
> surprise, this did not solve the problem.

Have you by any chance upgraded to 8.10?  I ran into something similar
when I ran out of space in /boot.  Try 'df -lh' to check.  I had to
specifically remove the older kernels, then reinstall the latest
kernel.

HTH,
CHris