Failed to configure linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic due to NVidia problem

[mjw]

When I attempted to upgrade my Ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid 64) system today, it seemed that the kernel failed to configure.
sudo dpkg --configure -a
produced the following error message:
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Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-nvidia
run-parts: failed to exec /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-nvidia: Exec format error
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-nvidia exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic.postinst line 1002.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
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NOTE - Here is the file /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-nvidia:
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sudo mkdir -p /etc/kernel/postinst.d
sudo install update-nvidia /etc/kernel/postinst.d
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Is there a line missing at the top of this file?? Perhaps it should have the following inserted at the first line??
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#!/bin/bash
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1) Linux camelot 2.6.27-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Aug 18 17:21:41 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
2) Ubuntu 2.6.27-14.39-generic

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-14-generic 2.6.27-14.39
ProcCmdLine: User Name=/dev/mapper/isw_bihfbccbec_RAID0Volume1 ro quiet splash nohz=off
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-14.39-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-14-generic 2.6.27-14.39 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[^_Pepe_^ (jose-angel-fernandez-freire)]

Hi,

Examining your DepkgTerminalLog.txt I notice the following:
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-2.6.27-14-generic.postinst line 1002.
This seems to be an issue with nvidia-common and looks to be a duplicate of bug 331675 so I am marking it as such. Please continue to track this issue at that report. Thanks!