post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Valtýr Kári Daníelsson]

Hi, I was updating my system, running sudo apt update then sudo apt upgrade and there were some errors in the installation. It seems to stem from some post-installation script for linux-image-6.6.0-14-generic and/or linux-headers-6.6.0-14-generic. After the upgrade apt told me that "errors were encountered while processing:" linux-generic, linux-headers-generic, linux-image-6.6.0-14-generic and linux-headers-6.6.0-14-generic. Running dpkg -a --configure does not solve the issue, nor does apt -f install. I've tried reconfiguring with the methods suggested in this thread: https://askubuntu.com/questions/949760/dpkg-warning-files-list-file-for-package-missing and I can manually reconfigure and reinstall linux-generic, linux-headers-generic and linux-image-6.6.0-14-generic, and I can reconfigure linux-headers-6.6.0-14-generic but then when I try to reinstall that package it gives the error "installed linux-headers-6.6.0-14-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1."

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: linux-image-6.6.0-14-generic 6.6.0-14.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-14.14-generic 6.5.3
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: fixgoats 2427 F.... wireplumber
 /dev/snd/controlC0: fixgoats 2408 F.... pipewire
                      fixgoats 2427 F.... wireplumber
 /dev/snd/seq: fixgoats 2408 F.... pipewire
CRDA: N/A
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jan 9 18:06:52 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-03-30 (285 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221020)
MachineType: {report['dmi.sys.vendor']} {report['dmi.product.name']}
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-14-generic root=UUID=0fc69223-fb6f-45e4-9873-b76a5b689b0c ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-6.5.0-14-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-6.5.0-14-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 20230919.git3672ccab-0ubuntu2.4
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2023-12-30 (10 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/29/2021
dmi.bios.release: 2.3
dmi.bios.vendor: Razer
dmi.bios.version: 2.03
dmi.board.name: LY350
dmi.board.vendor: Razer
dmi.board.version: 4
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Razer
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnRazer:bvr2.03:bd03/29/2021:br2.3:efr1.0:svnRazer:pnBladeStealth13(Late2020)-RZ09-0327:pvr5.04:rvnRazer:rnLY350:rvr4:cvnRazer:ct10:cvr:skuRZ09-03272N12:
dmi.product.family: 1A581006 Razer Blade Stealth
dmi.product.name: Blade Stealth 13 (Late 2020) - RZ09-0327
dmi.product.sku: RZ09-03272N12
dmi.product.version: 5.04
dmi.sys.vendor: Razer

[Juerg Haefliger (juergh)]

1) What was the previous kernel version that you tried to upgrade from?
2) Can you post the full output of a failed kernel package installation?
3) Do you have any DKMS modules installed? Run 'dkms status' and post the output.

[Valtýr Kári Daníelsson (fixgoats)]

The previous kernel version was 6.5.0-14-generic. The full output, after I remove all the mentioned packages and try to reinstall them, is attached in updateoutput. I do have a dkms module installed, dkms status outputs evdi/1.14.1, 6.5.0-14-generic, x86_64. The output from apt also says to check /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.14.1/build/make.log for more information. I can't figure out how to attach more than one attachment to a comment so I'll attach make.log in another comment

[Valtýr Kári Daníelsson (fixgoats)]

The issue is apparently with the displaylink-driver and evdi packages provided by Synaptics. Judging by make.log the errors were occurring because the evdi dkms module failed to compile, so I tried running sudo apt remove evdi and then sudo apt install evdi-dkms, which is provided by the noble repository. I was worried my dock wouldn't work right without the displaylink-driver, but it works fine with just the ubuntu provided evdi-dkms.