package linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic 2.6.31-15.50 failed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zur?ck

[philipp 906]

I am not able to install or to update/upgrade packages. I am always advised to run "sudo dpkg --configure -a", but if I do it does not work.

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 dselect: Install
 initramfs-tools: Configure
 linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic: Configure
 linux-image-2.6.31-16-generic: Configure
 dselect: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Dec 25 23:01:50 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic 2.6.31-15.50
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic 2.6.31-15.50 failed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

[Chris Johnston (cjohnston)]

I noticed that some of the sentences in this bug report are not in English. If they were translated to English they would be accessible to more triagers. Could you please translate them?

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The error is
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Richte linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic ein (2.6.31-15.50) ...
Running depmod.
Failed to run depmod
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic (--configure):
 Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
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Affecting to module-init-tools

This is likely a duplicate of bug 99547. Could you please try to reproduce it, open a terminal and run the following command:
$ sudo depmod

Does it fails with a 'segmentation fault' ? If so you can try a workaround provided in the forementioned report.

[philipp 906 (spam-pj92)]

$ sudo depmod does nit report any errors.
I have problems with the new kernel images linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic andlinux-image-2.6.31-16-generic. When I tried to reconfigure them usimg $ sudo dpkg --configure <#>, I got "Failed to run depmod". Is there a possibility to reinstall dpkg and depmod without damaging the system too much?

@ Chris Johnston:
I'm sorry, I sent the bug report which was created by my system and my english is not good enough to translate it

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Then could you try the following:
# sudo depmod -av>depmod-av.log

and attach the file depmod-av.log. Thanks.

[philipp 906 (spam-pj92)]

Here is depmod-av.log

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

This error is most often due to a corrupted module. If you're still experiencing this bug you can try the workaround given at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/module-init-tools/+bug/99547/comments/19.
Anyway, I'm setting the status of this report back to New because there is no indication of a failure in the provided log file and how to recreate this bug.
Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!