cannot upgrade kernel to 2.6.28-15 or newer

[Mason Feuhrer]

Binary package hint: linux-image-server

Since kernel upgrade 2.6.28-15 came out for Ubuntu, I have not been able to upgrade to a newer kernel. If I run #sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, or #sudo apt-get upgrade, The machine tries to process the upgrade and returns with "errors were encountered with processing" and then lists the offending packages. Individual package updates return errors about "failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/[package name].postinst" whenever I run dpkg --configure -a.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a81e774d-e0f8-4ce1-b6de-ab324bfdc7a8
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-2.6.28-16-server 2.6.28-16.55
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=9b0da960-8323-48f5-aac1-e4e2dfe7b3ba ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-14.47-hostname
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.28-16-server 2.6.28-16.55 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Mason Feuhrer (halocaptain)]

After working on this bug further, I found that there was an error tied to /etc/kernel/postins.d/dkms This dkms file was empty and would hang installation at every turn. I renamed the file to dkms.bak, re-ran the installation and everything worked flawlessly.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

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This bug was reported against the linux-meta package when it likely should have been reported against the linux package instead. We are automatically transitioning this to the linux kernel package so that the appropriate teams are notified and made aware of this issue.

If this bug really is a bug in the linux-meta package you can move it back to linux-meta and set the Status to Confirmed, or contact us on the #ubuntu-kernel channel on the FreeNode IRC server. Thanks.

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

Hi Mason.

So can we mark this bug as incomplete?

I'll mark this as such. Please feel free to comment.

Thanks

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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