package linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic 3.2.0-39.62 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Roger Tobie]

I was running the latest ugrade or update on a fairly old copy of Ubuntu, it's at least two years old, maybe three. A number of errors were reported, about 6 in all. They mostly said that a script had returned an error. I am just getting back into this after a long hiatus. Being a relative "newby" I am not too much help.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic 3.2.0-39.62
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-39.62-generic 3.2.39
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-39-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: roger 1841 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xdff3c000 irq 42'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9200'
   Components : 'HDA:83847690,102801c4,00102201'
   Controls : 13
   Simple ctrls : 6
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 84.189920] EXT4-fs (sdd5): recovery complete
 [ 84.190771] EXT4-fs (sdd5): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
Date: Tue Mar 19 19:55:14 2013
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=13ff2087-a587-401d-91f5-73d65e84c13c
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth1 no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell DV051
MarkForUpload: True
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-39-generic root=UUID=36ECCDB6ECCD70A3 loop=/hostname/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 1.99-21ubuntu3.9
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic 3.2.0-39.62 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-03-20 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/08/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.name: 0JC474
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd10/08/2005:svnDellInc.:pnDellDV051:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0JC474:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dell DV051
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Roger Tobie (rtobie)]

I must say this is quite an impressive automated bug reporting system. And to think that 30 years ago I had to collect this sort of information by hand and/or by printing out numerous dumps, but then that was on a PDP 9L. Anyone there remember that machine?

[Roger Tobie (rtobie)]

Maybe it was about 40 years ago. That was the early 1970s.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This change was made by a bot.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

   This looks like a Grub issue rather than a kernel issue.
   /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of /boot/grub/locale.

[Roger Tobie (rtobie)]

Good morning, Brad Figg
(or whoever is on station this morning)

On 3/19/2013 9:00 PM, Brad Figg wrote:
> This looks like a Grub issue rather than a kernel issue.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of /boot/grub/locale.
>
>
> ** Tags added: varlogdistupgradeapttermlog-examined
>
I'm not surprised that the bug is a Grub issue. I am running Ubuntu on a
dual boot system along side of Windows XP (service pack 3) and a few
years ago had lots of trouble with the dual boot. It stopped working
after I ran an Ubuntu update. Windows became unbootable, while Ubuntu
would still boot as I remember, but I got lots of error messages from
Grub. This necessitated reinstalling Windows from scratch at which point
I abandoned Ubuntu and the dual boot. However I continued to get
occasional messages from Grub on booting up from a cold start into
Windows. The cure was, and still is, to hit reset and try again. Grub
doesn't complain again and the boot into Windows works. Recently, having
reread the dual boot installation instructions, I decided to reinstall
Ubuntu again along side of Windows using a slightly different setup and
now it seems to be working okay, except once in a while I still get
messages from Grub complaining about something or other and have to go
through the reset and reboot procedure. I should also mention that as a
result of reinstalling Windows I have 4 dead entries and 1 live entry in
my boot menu when it first comes up. The first five all point to Windows
XP but only the first one works and goes to a live copy of Windows. The
last entry in the list, number 6, is for Ubuntu. That also works.

I do not know if this helps by supplying some context. I hope it does.

And, I am amazed and pleased at how fast you guys (and your bot)
responded to my bug report. That's a very good sign.

Roger Tobie