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package linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.27 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #340644 reported by nikef on 2009-03-10

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #323925: package linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.27 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	grub (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

this happens after installing apdates

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LsUsb:
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.27
ProcCmdLine: User Name=UUID=789925A235E3B145 loop=/hostname/disks/home/username.disk ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-9.19-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.27 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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nikef (trish00) wrote on 2009-03-10:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (37.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (116.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
HalComputerInfo.txt Edit (2.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (19.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuInfo.txt Edit (526 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (952 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (5.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote on 2009-03-24:

Hi nikef,

Errors in your DpkgTerminalLog.txt seem to indicate this is a grub issue. Maybe related to bug 224740?

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "ubuntulooks", at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 68.
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-2.6.27-11-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 1484: /boot/grub/menu.lst: Operation not supported
User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-08-11:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 323925, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.