Kernel upgrade problem?

[sandyinchina]

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:06 AM, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Florian Diesch <diesch at spamfence.net> wrote:
>
>> Please install linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic again and then post from
>> /var/log/apt/term.log anything after the *last* line that looks
>> like  Log started: 2008-12-21  01:13:43
>
> This is from telling Synaptic to re-install linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic
>
> I notice an error with nividia-common. I do not have an nvidia card.
>
> Log started: 2008-12-22  05:58:40
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic (2.6.27-9.19) ...
> ...
>
> Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common
> run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10
> Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic.postinst line 1002.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Setting up linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic (2.6.27-9.19) ...
> Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common
> run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with
> return code 10
> Failed to process /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic.postinst line 110.
> dpkg: error processing linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic:
>  linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic; however:
>  Package linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing linux-headers-generic (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
>  linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic; however:
>  Package linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image:
>  linux-image depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.27.9.13); however:
>  Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic
>  linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic
>  linux-headers-generic
>  linux-image-generic
>  linux-image
> Log ended: 2008-12-22  05:58:52

Whatever this is, it is continuing. Removing all the stuff that seemed
relevant in Synaptic and then re-installing made no difference. Nor
did removing /boot/*generic*  System still boots happily, though,
and other updates seem to complete just fine.

-- 
Sandy Harris,
Quanzhou, Fujian, China