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package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14 failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso post-installation script devolvió el código de salida de error 2

Bug #290282 reported by Nelson Campos on 2008-10-28

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #261392: installation of kernel image failed: Could not find postinst hook script [usr/sbin/update-grub]. Edit Remove

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

Bug Description

when you select packages to be updates. from synaptic or every other way
it sayshis error at the finish of the process
the packages seems to b actuallized

version: 2.6.27-7.14

ubuntu release: 8.04

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: el subproceso post-installation script devolvió el código de salida de error 2
LsUsb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14
ProcCmdLine: User Name=UUID=e0f5ae66-0199-4cb2-a23f-ac50bc4a6a7e ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-6.9-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14 failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso post-installation script devolvió el código de salida de error 2

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Nelson Campos (ncamposl) wrote on 2008-10-28:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (32.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (892 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (211.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
HalComputerInfo.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (23.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuInfo.txt Edit (612 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (969 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (4.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2008-10-28:

Thanks for your report.

The error is
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Configurando linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (2.6.27-7.12) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
Could not find postinst hook script [update-grub].
Looked in: '/bin', '/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin'
dpkg: error al procesar linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (--configure):
el subproceso post-installation script devolvió el código de salida de error 2
=====

you've uninstalled grub to installed grub2 then uninstalled grub2. So there is no more grub on your system.

Please re-install grub with the following command and it should solve your issue:
sudo apt-get install grub

Thanks.

Changed in linux:
status:	New → Incomplete

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2008-11-06:

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 261392, 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.