<HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">I am going to setup a system identical to yours. We will try to see if we can duplicate the same problem. If you can open up your terminal, do this. #cd /etc This command will change your user directory to the /etc directory. The /etc directory is where you mostly administer your system. Run this command and print the output. #cat debian_version Then run this command and print the output. #lsb_release -a With this information, I can setup a system like yours and see if I can get a working virtualbox install or duplicate the problem and find a way to fix it. Runs the above commands on the system that does not work.</DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> <HR> From: <A href="mailto:thomas@s7.dion.ne.jp">Thomas Blasejewicz</A> Sent: â€Ž10/â€Ž18/â€Ž2014 12:07 PM To: <A href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A> Subject: VMware Player installation </DIV>Good morning It's me again. (probably I should be banned from the list for asking so many stupid questions) Yesterday I tried and SUCCEEDED(! reason to celebrate!) to install VMware Player on the PC in my office (xubuntu 14.04). Today I tried the same thing on a different computer at home. To the best of my knowledge they should be practically 100% identical: installation from the same CD at the same time; almost nothing added by myself (since I never get past the installation of the OS). Something that may have caused trouble: the other day I tried to install VirtualBox (annoying everybody with my problems here), which resulted in an "aptdaemon" error. I thought / it looked like the computer had recovered from that one ... AFTER the installation, which a screen message called a success, I get the error: "Unable to run depmod" "See log /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-modconfig-xxxx.log" where "xxxx" changes each time I try. A lot of googling led me again to those endless commands etc. the output of which I copied below. Apparently, something with "linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic" is not working. Synaptic Package Manager those packages ARE installed. I tried to "reinstall" them. That also gave the below copied error. Has anybody any idea how to fix this problem? Thank you. Thomas ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ copy from terminal window: (synaptic:7550): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 'pid > 0' failed (Reading database ... 249973 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic_3.13.0-37.64_i386.deb ... Done. Unpacking linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic (3.13.0-37.64) over (3.13.0-37.64) ... Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-37-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-extlinux 3.13.0-37-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic P: Checking for EXTLINUX directory... found. P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic... P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-36-generic... P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-35-generic... P: Installing debian theme... done. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-37-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic Setting up linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic (3.13.0-37.64) ... Running depmod. Failed to run depmod dpkg: error processing package linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic (3.13.0-37.64) ... Running depmod. Failed to run depmod dpkg: error processing package linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz Running depmod. Failed to run depmod dpkg: error processing package linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz As found on Google, I also tried to run the following 2 commands. Both gave the same error message copied above. sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$ thomas r sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$ thomas r -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </BODY></HTML>