package linux-image-3.13.0-24-lowlatency (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: underprocessen nytt pre-installation-skript gav felkod 1 or 'Add forcepae into /etc/default/grub when installing with forcepae'

[sudodus]

I installed Lubuntu with the boot option forcepae into a computer with Pentium M with PAE capability but without PAE flag. It worked. But the forcepae boot option was not automatically added in

/etc/default/grub and from there into /boot/grub/grub.cfg

so when I try to install another kernel (in this case the low latency kernel) it complains

'This kernel does not support a non-PAE CPU'

Please make the installer (or some other program part) add forcepae

into /etc/default/grub and from there into /boot/grub/grub.cfg

so that it will be possible to install and upgrade kernels.

The *big* problem will arrive, when new kernel versions arrive, and the system wants to upgrade to them. And we can expect quite a lot of new users who come to Lubuntu and Xubuntu after the end of life of Windows XP. Let us save trouble for these new users by adding forcepae automatically to the installed system :-)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-image-3.13.0-24-lowlatency (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2
AptOrdering:
 linux-image-3.13.0-24-lowlatency: Install
 linux-image-lowlatency: Install
 linux-image-3.13.0-24-lowlatency: Configure
 linux-image-lowlatency: Configure
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tester 3245 F.... lxpanel
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Filen eller katalogen finns inte: 'iw'
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 46.738310] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process ended, respawning
 [ 642.146638] audit_printk_skb: 75 callbacks suppressed
 [ 642.146649] type=1400 audit(1397540923.389:68): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/etc/xdg/lubuntu/applications/defaults.list" pid=3376 comm="evince" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0
Date: Tue Apr 15 08:23:33 2014
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-3.13.0-24-lowlatency_3.13.0-24.46_i386.deb ...
 This kernel does not support a non-PAE CPU.
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.13.0-24-lowlatency_3.13.0-24.46_i386.deb (--unpack):
  underprocessen nytt pre-installation-skript gav felkod 1
DuplicateSignature: package:linux-image-3.13.0-24-lowlatency:(not installed):underprocessen nytt pre-installation-skript gav felkod 1
ErrorMessage: underprocessen nytt pre-installation-skript gav felkod 1
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=11c540f0-c335-47f5-bfd2-8af12b95c7a0
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-15 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140414)
MachineType: IBM 23738TG
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=b36d9c1c-3fdf-413e-b3ce-4c2daa924820 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.02~beta2-9
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-3.13.0-24-lowlatency (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: underprocessen nytt pre-installation-skript gav felkod 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/13/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
dmi.bios.version: 1RETDNWW (3.19 )
dmi.board.name: 23738TG
dmi.board.vendor: IBM
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1RETDNWW(3.19):bd10/13/2005:svnIBM:pn23738TG:pvrThinkPadT42:rvnIBM:rn23738TG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 23738TG
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T42
dmi.sys.vendor: IBM

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1307862

[sudodus (nio-wiklund)]

Just to confirm my suggested solution, I added forcepae to

/etc/default/grub

and ran

sudo update-grub

After reboot it was possible to install the new kernel (in this somewhat synthetic case the low-latency kernel), and the computer can run with it (both kernels work).

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This change was made by a bot.

[sudodus (nio-wiklund)]

My bug report seems to be a duplicate of

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1307105