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package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17

Bug #347735 reported by emarkay on 2009-03-24

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #292159: MASTER update-initramfs is disabled since running on a live CD but it is running from a flash drive. . Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I get an error 17 on the 2.6.17-7 Linux Generic, when updating the "Live USB" that is created when I "Make USB Startup Disk". I thought it was because I wasn't allocating enough disk space but I gave it a persistent 10 gigs, and it still seems to be happening. This will be teh third time I try this.

"E: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17"

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.14-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17

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emarkay (mrk) wrote on 2009-03-24:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (43.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (12.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (310.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
HalComputerInfo.txt Edit (2.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LsUsb.txt Edit (654 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (16.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuInfo.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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emarkay (mrk) wrote on 2009-03-24:

The Package manager "gear" icon is always there when I am running this USB disk, but there is no update available when i check, and EVERY method I can think of from Synaptic, to "apt-get autoclean" and even enabling backports and cleaning out residual packages, that one xxx.x.xx.x.x.7 kernel item is still there.

I remember an error message in the update that said something like "I..... (word beginning with "i") is not updatable because this is a Live CD" or something like that; it was DIRECTLYrelated to this kernel (xxx.xx.xx.x-7) issue. I couldn't Cut and paste the words; if I encounter it again I will write it down.

I plan to try this "Live USB" in a different computer later today.

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote on 2009-03-25:

Hi emarkay,

This is a duplicate of bug 292159 so I am marking it as such. Please note that bug 292159 should be fixed as of casper version 1.162. Make sure that you've updated to this version. Thanks.