Error configuring linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic : segfault running depmod

[Zuzkins]

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic

this happened to me when tying to upgrade my Ubuntu 8.10 installation.
I think this could be releated to the error, which is found in dmesg after aptitude safe-upgrade is run:

depmod[5121]: segfault at 6c9d772d ip b7e4dd28 sp bfb6886c error 4 in libc-2.8.90.so[b7dd7000+158000]

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: podproces post-installation script vrátil chybový status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14
ProcCmdLine: User Name=UUID=65cac180-f30b-467b-a047-c63aeec61878 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: podproces post-installation script vrátil chybový status 1

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report. Confirming because there is enough information.

linux package failed to install / upgrade because depmod segfault.

Affecting to module-init-tools.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Can you please try to reproduce the error with the following command:
sudo depmod -a

If it's still an issue then please try to obtain a backtrace following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[Zuzkins (zuzkins-seznam)]

the problem can't be reproduced using commad sudo depmod -a. The command seems to finish its work fine.
Can't it be because I am running other kernel version (2.6.27-6) since the 2.6.27-7 seems to not be installed okay for me to boot it?

[Zuzkins (zuzkins-seznam)]

I figured out, how to manage depmod -a failed on that SIGSEGV error:

need to run: depmod -a 2.6.27-7-generic

I hope I attached the right debug info for you

Thanks for your answer

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your work. I'm confirming this.