WORK-AROUND: package linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.37 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[marquentein]

Crashed while using the system updater

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: underproces post-installation script returnerede afslutningsstatus 2
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Precision WorkStation 530 MT
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal nvidia
Package: linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.37
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=900f2fc8-c31b-4866-8960-b040f8c9c7f7 ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.36-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.37 failed to install/upgrade: underproces post-installation script returnerede afslutningsstatus 2

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi marquentein,

I noticed the following in your DpkgTerminalLog.gz :

run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10

Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic.postinst line 1002.

This looks to be a duplicate of bug 303825 or bug 331675. bug 303825 seemed to be resolved by either reinstalling nvidia-common or removing the package completely. Care to comment if either resolve the issue reported here? Thanks.

[Mario Verbelen (mario-verbelen)]

Hi I had the same issue during upgrade of the kernel-image

I just removed and installed nvidia-common
Afther that the problem is gone

Linux jaunty 2.6.28-11-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 23 16:40:23 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

[marquentein (marquentein)]

Yup... That fixed it for me.

1) I uninstalled the nVidia driver. I had to boot up Synaptic to find every piece of the driver, since the Hardware Manager left something behind unremoved. I used "nvidia" as search phrase and tagged all things nVidia for complete removal

2) Then I rebooted

3) Then I opened a command prompt and executed "sudo dpkg --configure --pending"

4) In order to reinstall the nVidia driver, boot up Synaptic and seach for "nvidia" and install the nvidia-glx-??? packet, where "???" is a version number. At time of writing, the newest available to me was nvidia-glx-180

Be sure to get the nvidia-???-modaliases (In my case = nvidia-180-modaliases) as well.