package linux-image-2.6.32-35-generic-pae 2.6.32-35.78 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Russell Tobias]

See also my question about this - Question #184950 submitted 1/16/2012.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-35-generic-pae 2.6.32-35.78
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-33.72-generic-pae 2.6.32.41+drm33.18
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-33-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 16 22:00:05 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110211.1)
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package linux-image-2.6.32-35-generic-pae 2.6.32-35.78 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

It looks like something is misconfigured on your system:

ls: cannot access /var/lib/os-prober/mount/boot
Boot: No such file or directory
/etc/grub.d/windows: 1: menuentry: not found
/etc/grub.d/windows: 2: recordfail: not found
/etc/grub.d/windows: 3: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
User postinst hook script [/usr/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 2

I would investigate the file /etc/grub.d/windows and see what if it is misconfigured.

[Russell Tobias (rtobias)]

You are probably right about the misconfiguration of /etc/grub.d/windows. My Dell Studio XPS is configured for dual boot to Microsoft Windows 7. If I want to boot to Windows, I press the Shift key which brings up the menu and lets me choose Windows - if I do nothing, it boots into Ubuntu Linux. I don't recall exactly how I got /etc/grub.d/windows, but it does boot properly to either Windows or to Linux. I've attached this very short file to this comment, but the question is whether these error messages necessarily are related to the problem I'm experiencing with linux-image-2.6.32-35-generic-pae not updating properly. I would think that once Linux has booted, grub and its files are no longer active. "Chris" who is helping me with related Question #184950 submitted 1/16/2012 is recommending that I reinstall Ubuntu from scratch, which I am willing to do, especially if there's a possibility that anything might be corrupted. I just want to make sure before I do that to exhaust any other suggestions, especially if anyone else would like me to try something before I reinstall anything, and to make sure that /etc/grub.d/windows is not the source of the update problem, as reinstalling would then not resolve anything.

[dino99 (9d9)]

This version has expired some times ago, and no backport is expected as there is no 'security' reported problem