Ubuntu
nvidia-common package

  1. Bug #595440
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 595440

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xylo (stefan-endrullis) wrote : Re: package linux-image-2.6.32-23-generic 2.6.32-23.37 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 2

Thanks for the tip.
aptitude purge nvidia-common
and
aptitude install nvidia-common
fixed the problem for me, too. (I have an nvidia card, but I cannot say whether the second step is really needed.)