package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-17-generic 2.6.24.12-17.36 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[NeoFax]

terry@CENTAURI:/var/cache/apt/archives/partial$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
6 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-17-generic (2.6.24-17.31) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-17-generic
Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.24-17-generic
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic
Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin
User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 10
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-17-generic (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-17-generic:
 linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-17-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-17-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-2.6.24-17-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-17-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-17-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-2.6.24-17-generic is not configured yet.
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-17-generic; however:
  Package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-17-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-17-generic:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-17-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-17-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-2.6.24-17-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-17-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-generic:
 linux-restricted-modules-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-17-generic; however:
  Package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-17-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
 linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.24.17.19); however:
  Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
 linux-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-generic (= 2.6.24.17.19);however:
  Package linux-restricted-modules-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.24-17-generic
 linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-17-generic
 linux-image-generic
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-17-generic
 linux-restricted-modules-generic
 linux-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 28 20:19:48 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-17-generic 2.6.24.12-17.36
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24
Title: package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-17-generic 2.6.24.12-17.36 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 10

that's the problem, is your disk full? At least it's not a bug in restricted modules..

[NeoFax (neofax99)]

No, my disk is not full. It is sitting at roughly 29% full.

[mercutio22 (macabro22)]

this happens to me as well. My disk is not full

[Brady Cox (brady-cox)]

Same problem here... /boot was full. Removed some files and the problem went away.

Thanks Timo!

[Richard Smith (richard-featplus)]

It is fairly common to have small /boot partitions at the start of a disk, so the probability of kernel upgrades filling up /boot is significant.
Kernel upgrades should warn of this and offer to uninstall the oldest image to make space?
The Ubuntu installer should warn if a /boot partition is too small?
I had the same problem with one of my 50MB /boot partitions. The upgrade error messages did not indicate the problem, but those from "sudo dpkg --configure -a" did.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

[Brady Cox (brady-cox)]

Is there new code that will check for space in your /boot partition? If not, this bug won't be effected. I assume the above is from an automation.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Brady,

Yup, the above was an automated call for testing. The removal of older kernels is being addressed by the following spec:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/removing-old-kernels

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

The Intrepid Ibex 8.10 Beta release was most recently announced - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/beta . It contains the 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. It would be great if you could test and verify if this is still an issue. The status is being set to Incomplete until we receive further feedback. Thanks.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 297167, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Per a decision made by the Ubuntu Kernel Team, bugs will longer be assigned to the ubuntu-kernel-team in Launchpad as part of the bug triage process. The ubuntu-kernel-team is being unassigned from this bug report. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies for more information. Thanks.