package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[tvardy]

Binary package hint: update-manager

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ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Package: update-manager 1:0.93.32
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Here is what is causing this error:

2008-10-31 07:54:15,418 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic': 'podproces post-installation script zwrócił kod błędu 3
2008-10-31 07:54:15,419 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic: podproces post-installation script zwrócił kod błędu 3

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-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 ... found: (hd0,1)/boot/grub/splashimages/fiesta.xpm.gz
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-18-generic
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Merging changes into the new version
 Conflicts found! Please edit `/var/run/grub/menu.lst' and sort them out manually.
 The file `/var/run/grub/menu.lst.ucf-new' has a record of the failed merge of the configuration file.
User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 3
dpkg: błąd przetwarzania linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (--configure):
 podproces post-installation script zwrócił kod błędu 3

This looks like a ucf problem.

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

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 269539, 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. It would be great if you could attach the following files to the master bug report (you will only still have them if you haven't rebooted yet):

- /var/run/grub/menu.lst
- /var/run/grub/menu.lst.ucf-new

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.