update manager refuses to upgrade kernel to newer version

Sun Feb 14 20:17:56 UTC 2016

You have broken packages that need fixed before you can do any thing else.
Try dpkg - l and See off you can find what package has missing dependencies

Randy
On Feb 12, 2016 12:49 AM, "Spyros Tsiolis" <stsiol at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello again ,
>
>
> Here's quite an oldie that I missed for about a month.
> On the thin clients, the kernel is stuck on v3.13.0-46-generic.
> The system keeps downloading v3.13.0-77 but the following
> tidal wave of info pops-up on a windows that I cannot make
> heads or tails out of it :
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> installArchives() failed: Preconfiguring packages ...
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ...
> (Reading database ... 5%%
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> (Reading database ... 90%%
> (Reading database ... 95%%
> (Reading database ... 100%%
> (Reading database ... 854000 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace google-chrome-stable 48.0.2564.103-1 (using
> .../google-chrome-stable_48.0.2564.109-1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement google-chrome-stable ...
> Preparing to replace firefox 44.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using
> .../firefox_44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement firefox ...
> Preparing to replace firefox-globalmenu 44.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
> (using .../firefox-globalmenu_44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement firefox-globalmenu ...
> Preparing to replace firefox-locale-el 44.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
> (using .../firefox-locale-el_44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement firefox-locale-el ...
> Preparing to replace firefox-locale-en 44.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
> (using .../firefox-locale-en_44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement firefox-locale-en ...
> Preparing to replace flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.559ubuntu0.12.04.1
> (using .../flashplugin-installer_11.2.202.569ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
>
> Unpacking replacement flashplugin-installer ...
>
> Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
> Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
> Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
> Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Processing triggers for update-notifier-common ...
> flashplugin-installer: downloading
> http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20160209.1.orig.tar.gz
> Installing from local file /tmp/tmp71WGCe.gz
> Flash Plugin installed.
> Setting up linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic (3.13.0-77.121~precise1) ...
> Running depmod.
> update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
> initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic
> ) points to /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic
>  (/boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic) -- doing nothing at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic.postinst line 491.
> vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
> ) points to /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
>  (/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic) -- doing nothing at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic.postinst line 491.
> Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal
> 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools
> 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw for
> module r8169
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw for
> module r8169
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-2.fw for
> module r8169
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw for
> module r8169
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-2.fw for module
> r8169
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.13.0-77-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier
> 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub
> 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?).
> run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
> Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic.postinst line 1025.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
> linux-image-generic-lts-trusty:
>  linux-image-generic-lts-trusty depends on linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic;
> however:
>   Package linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic-lts-trusty (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
> linux-generic-lts-trusty:
>  linux-generic-lts-trusty depends on linux-image-generic-lts-trusty;
> however:
>   Package linux-image-generic-lts-trusty is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing linux-generic-lts-trusty (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Setting up google-chrome-stable (48.0.2564.109-1) ...
> No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
> No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
> Setting up firefox (44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
> Please restart all running instances of firefox, or you will experience
> problems.
> Setting up firefox-globalmenu (44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
> Setting up firefox-locale-el (44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
> Setting up firefox-locale-en (44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
> Setting up flashplugin-installer (11.2.202.569ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic
>  linux-image-generic-lts-trusty
>  linux-generic-lts-trusty
> Error in function:
> Setting up linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic (3.13.0-77.121~precise1) ...
> Running depmod.
> update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
> initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic
> ) points to /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic
> (/boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic) -- doing nothing at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic.postinst line 491.
> vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
> ) points to /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
>  (/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic) -- doing nothing at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic.postinst line 491.
> Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal
> 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools
> 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw for
> module r8169
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw for
> module r8169
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-2.fw for
> module r8169
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw for
> module r8169
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-2.fw for module
> r8169
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.13.0-77-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier
> 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub
> 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?).
> run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
> Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic.postinst line 1025.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
> linux-image-generic-lts-trusty:
>  linux-image-generic-lts-trusty depends on linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic;
> however:
>   Package linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic-lts-trusty (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
> linux-generic-lts-trusty:
>  linux-generic-lts-trusty depends on linux-image-generic-lts-trusty;
> however:
>   Package linux-image-generic-lts-trusty is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing linux-generic-lts-trusty (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Any ideas on this ?
>
> TIA,
>
> s.t.
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