I upgraded from 6.10 to 7.04 and the kernel did not upgrade

[Adam Bregenzer]

Here is the output in the upgrade screen:
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.20-15-generic
 linux-image-generic
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-15-generic
 linux-restricted-modules-generic
 linux-generic
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "logging/__init__.py", line 740, in emit
  File "logging/__init__.py", line 718, in flush
IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor

I am guessing it has something to do with klogd?

ProblemType: Package
Date: Sat Apr 21 10:42:37 2007
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Package: linux-generic
SourcePackage: linux-meta

[Marco Rodrigues (gothicx)]

Please attach here your files at /var/log/installer

[Richard Birnie (rbirnie-deactivatedaccount)]

Adam,

thanks for reporting the bug. Was this a network upgrade or an install from a CD. It sounds like a network upgrade. if there are any logs in /var/log/dist-upgrade could we have those as well please.

thanks,

Richard

[Adam Bregenzer (adam-bregenzer)]

I replied to the requests for more information via email, but I don't see the files here, here they are again. I am compressing them in case that was the problem.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

The error is caused by a failing grub:

Setting up linux-image-2.6.20-15-generic (2.6.20-15.27) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
cp: cannot stat `/etc/udev/rules.d/85-brltty.rules': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/udev/rules.d/05-options.rules': No such file or directory
The link /vmlinuz is a dangling linkto /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-generic
Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
Your /etc/kernel-img.conf needs to be updated. Read grub's NEWS.Debian[1]
file and follow its instructions.
 1. /usr/share/doc/grub/NEWS.Debian.gz
You shouldn't call /sbin/update-grub. Please call /usr/sbin/update-grub instead!
Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
No GRUB directory found. To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/grub' first. To install grub, install it manually or try the 'grub-install' command. ### Warning, grub-install is used to change your MBR. ###
User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1

[Adam Bregenzer (adam-bregenzer)]

Thanks, that explains why the kernel was in /boot but grub wasn't updated. Any idea how this would have occurred from the upgrade? The preceding warnings don't seem serious enough to be the source and bot /boot and /boot/grub do exist on my system...

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Marking this bug as "Won't Fix"

Both 6.10 and 7.10 are past their EOL[1], and upgrades are not supported from them to any currently supported platforms.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases