linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic failed to install

[Ernst Kloppenburg]

there are dependency problems.

My system is karmic without any strange changes.
I still have grub, not grub-pc, because the system had been upgraded from jaunty and older versions.

From /var/log/apt/term.log:

Preparing to replace linux-generic 2.6.31.20.33 (using .../linux-generic_2.6.31.21.34_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-generic ...
Preparing to replace linux-image-generic 2.6.31.20.33 (using .../linux-image-generic_2.6.31.21.34_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-image-generic ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic (2.6.31-21.59) ...
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
        LANGUAGE = (unset),
        LC_ALL = (unset),
        LANG = "de.UTF-8"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-generic
Could not find postinst hook script [update-grub].
Looked in: '/bin', '/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin'
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
 linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.31.21.34); however:
  Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Log ended: 2010-04-30 07:19:57

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ernst 3266 F.... knotify4
                      ernst 3297 F.... kmix
                      ernst 3308 F.... amarok
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ernst 3297 F.... kmix
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf8100000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC889A'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0885,1458a002,00100101'
   Controls : 44
   Simple ctrls : 25
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xf5010000 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100000'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Fri Apr 30 07:30:51 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d7eb2693-4559-400a-936c-189c7ce65487
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EP35-DS3
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: linux-generic 2.6.31.21.34
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=6c9efa5a-9caa-4c74-9f15-b8e98e21e228 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-20-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.26
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux-meta
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686
WpaSupplicantLog:

XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3330): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
dmi.bios.date: 06/19/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F4
dmi.board.name: EP35-DS3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd06/19/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnEP35-DS3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnEP35-DS3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: EP35-DS3
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Ernst Kloppenburg (ernst-kloppenburg)]

additional note: the problem occured when the kernel packages were upgraded from the kubuntu update notifier. It had displayed only these two packages to be upgraded.

I resolved the problem and got to the previous state by uninstalling the unconfigured packages, then installing the older kernel packages with 'apt-get install linux-generic=2.6.31.20.33 linux-image-generic=2.6.31.20.33'

Then doing 'apt-get dist-upgrade' installed the new kernel packages and additionally the packages grub-common
grub-pc

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Ernst,

If you could also please test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[Ernst Kloppenburg (ernst-kloppenburg)]

The problem was with dependencies while installing the package, not with running the kernel, so I cannot see why testing an upstream kernel packaged the same way should be interesting.

These are the relevant lines found in /var/log/apt/term.log

Could not find postinst hook script [update-grub].
Looked in: '/bin', '/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin'

I now assume that the problem has something to do with the fact that I had tried to move from grub to grub-pc some months ago, but eventually removed (uninstalled) grub-pc again.

These are of course quite singular circumstances so feel free to just discard this bug report.

[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 development release http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . 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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