package linux-image-2.6.27-8-generic 2.6.27-8.17 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

[Sharif Rizal]

Linux enigma 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:20 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-8-generic 2.6.27-8.17
ProcCmdLine: User Name=UUID=5b106afe-dd28-4b46-ac16-4b15c200fdb6 ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.16-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-8-generic 2.6.27-8.17 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The error is
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 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: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
=====

This is probably because you've selected the 3 way merge with a locally modified version. Could you please reproduce the error and attach the files /var/run/grub/menu.lst.ucf-new and /var/run/grub/menu.lst .

Thanks.

[mio75 (mio75)]

In my case, this occured after an update where I selected "keep existing version of menu.lst".
I kept my existing menu.lst because the generated one didn't look right - it contained empty braces () instead of (hd0,3).

Sorry i don't know how to reproduce this now, because

$ sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Thus I don't have the two requested files. Attaching /boot/grub/menu.lst instead.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you. The files are there after the failure and until you reboot. If you're able to reproduce this bug, it would be helpful to get those files. Thank you.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

This really looks to be a duplicate of bug 269539 so I am marking it as such. Please continue to track this issue at that report. Thanks.