Comment 22 for bug 269539

Dear,

Last time, I used Ubuntu on my flash drive (4Gb).

Now, after I installed Ubuntu totally on my hard disk, I have seen no such
error anymore, I can do the update totally well.

Thank you for your kindly help.

Regards,

Tom

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Brian King <email address hidden> wrote:

> I just got this on an 8.04->8.10 upgrade. Attaching menu.lst, menu.lst
> .ucf-new to come.
>
> ** Attachment added: "menu.lst"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19729226/menu.lst
>
> --
> package linux-image-2.6.27-3-generic failed to install/upgrade: "Conflicts
> found! Please edit `/var/run/grub/menu.lst' and sort them out manually."
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269539
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "grub" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in "ucf" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Ubuntu 8.10 failed to install 2.6.27.3 kernal during update
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: amd64
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
>
> During a kernel upgrade, under certain conditions, if the user select "Do a
> 3-way merge" for menu.lst then the following error occurs:
>
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-3-generic
> Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
> Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
> Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
> Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-3-generic
> Found kernel: /boot/last-good-boot/vmlinuz
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-2-generic
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-5-generic
> Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
> Merging changes into the new version
>
> Conflicts found! Please edit `/var/run/grub/menu.lst' and sort them out
> manually.
> The file `/var/run/grub/menu.lst.ucf-new' has a record of the failed merge
> of the configuration file.
>
> User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 3
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-3-generic (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
>
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