package linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic 2.6.38-10.44 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito lo stato di errore 2

[shark]

this is the second time I try to upgrade the linux kernel from 2.6.38-8-generic to 2.6.38-10-generic... my distro is Ubuntu 11.04 here I'll past all the results of the upgrade...

Configurazione di linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic (2.6.38-10.44)...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-10-generic
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
dkms: WARNING: linux headers are missing, which may explain the above failures.
      please install the linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic package to fix this.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
Generating grub.cfg ...
/etc/grub.d/00_header: 39: Syntax error: "(" unexpected (expecting "fi")
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 2
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic.postinst line 1010.
dpkg: errore nell'elaborare linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic (--configure):
 il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito lo stato di errore 2
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

P.S. I'm Italian and this is my first bug segnalation

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic 2.6.38-10.44
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: shark 1689 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: shark 1689 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] File o directory non esistente
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfb100000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC883'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0883,1458c601,00100002'
   Controls : 40
   Simple ctrls : 22
Date: Fri Jun 17 21:27:26 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito lo stato di errore 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. M61SME-S2
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=f0b94a20-ca42-40ad-87f6-a9abc0aee5f5 ro vga=795 quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.52.1
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic 2.6.38-10.44 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito lo stato di errore 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-17 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/15/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F9
dmi.board.name: M61SME-S2
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF9:bd07/15/2008:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnM61SME-S2:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnM61SME-S2:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: M61SME-S2
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Sergio S (srcsantos)]

I had the same problem. To be able to install, i had to temporarily disable nvidia-common's kernel postinst triggers.
What i did was:
# sudo chmod a-x /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common
# sudo chmod a-x /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common
Upgraded kernel headers and image, and reversed the previous changes with:
# sudo chmod a+x /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common
# sudo chmod a+x /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common
After this i reinstalled "nvidia-current" just to make sure the driver was updated too, because i didn't notice if the module for the new kernel was generated, so i'm not sure if this was really needed... better safe than sorry.
This way i was able to upgrade the kernel, and i've already successfully rebooted without any issues, so it works. :)

[mtornos (mtornos)]

Answer #2 worked OK for me, with the same bug.

[Aliin (mirzaee1802)]

It also worked for me too.
Thanks