Same problem for me, on Ubuntu Jaunty, only default repositories, fresh install, problem with the first upgrade (but I can still upgrade or install other programs) : # sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 7 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y Setting up linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic (2.6.28-13.45) ... Running depmod. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-13-generic Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-13-generic Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic.postinst line 1002. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-13-generic: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-13-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic; however: Package linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-13-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic: linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic; however: Package linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-generic: linux-restricted-modules-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-13-generic; however: Package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-13-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-generic (--configNo apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already ure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic: linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.28.13.17); however: Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet. linux-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-generic (= 2.6.28.13.17); however: Package linux-restricted-modules-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic (2.6.28-13.45) ... Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10 Failed to process /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic.postinst line 110. dpkg: error processing linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic: linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic; however: Package linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing linux-headers-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-13-generic linux-image-generic linux-restricted-modules-generic linux-generic linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic linux-headers-generic E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)