package linux-image-2.6.30-8-generic 2.6.30-8.9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

[HuK]

My USB drive stop working, a numerous error messages appeared.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jun 6 17:37:13 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
HibernationDevice: RESUME=
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e8f:0012 GreenAsia Inc. Joystick
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 093a:2468 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Cammaestro 2.5DU/X-EYE/Orite SC-120/ICGear TravelCam/Easy Snap Snake Eye Webcam
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-2.6.30-8-generic 2.6.30-8.9
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=0512359d-de8e-4c28-8762-ecb9d2d86ed8 ro splash vga=786 rootflags=data=writeback
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-7.8-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:

SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.30-8-generic 2.6.30-8.9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-7-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 02/08/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: nF4/nF500 DDR2: MF5 Ultra, MF4 Ultra-3, AF4 Ultra-3, AF4 Ultra Serials
dmi.board.vendor: EPoX COMPUTER CO., LTD
dmi.board.version: 1.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd02/08/2007:svn:pn:pvr:rvnEPoXCOMPUTERCO.,LTD:rnnF4/nF500DDR2MF5Ultra,MF4Ultra-3,AF4Ultra-3,AF4UltraSerials:rvr1.x:cvn:ct3:cvr:

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

This looks to be a duplicate of bug 269539 so I am marking it as such. Please continue to track this issue at that report. The following if an excerpt from you DpkgTerminalLog.txt file:

A new version of /boot/grub/menu.lst is available, but the
version installed currently has been locally modified.

  1. install the package maintainer's version
  2. keep the local version currently installed
  3. show the differences between the versions
  4. show a side-by-side difference between the versions
  5. show a 3-way difference between available versions
  6. do a 3-way merge between available versions (experimental)
  7. start a new shell to examine the situation

What would you like to do about menu.lst? 6

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 [/usr/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 3
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.30-8-generic (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3