package linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic 2.6.28-13.44 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Jimmio]

Update failed..

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 21.214170] r8169: eth0: link up
 [ 21.214175] r8169: eth0: link up
 [ 31.412509] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d4cb8a4c-1254-400d-8e21-010536c130e5
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic 2.6.28-13.44
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=64f76de5-e3b6-45c2-9b34-8fd3218df3fa ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.42-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic 2.6.28-13.44 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Steffen Banhardt (steffenbanhardt)]

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 388923, 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.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

The error output from the original report is:

Setting up linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic (2.6.28-13.44) ...

Running depmod.

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-13-generic

Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.

Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub

Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default

Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst

Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...

Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-13-generic

Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic

Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin

/usr/share/debconf/confmodule: line 42: printf: write error: Broken pipe

User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1

dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic (--configure):

 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1