package linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.31 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[pentium]

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ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.31
ProcCmdLine: User Name=UUID=70008a67-1374-46ef-9be1-08dc1f135f92 ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-11.27-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.31 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi pentium,

Sorry for the delayed response. Is this still an issue for you? I see the following in your DpkgTerminalLog file which seems to show you have some permissions issues which you might want to look into.

WARN: / is world writable!
WARN: / is group writable!
Setting up linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic (2.6.27-11.31) ...
Running depmod.
Failed to run depmod
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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 407420, 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.