openvswitch-datapath-dkms 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1: openvswitch kernel module failed to build

[Reshma]

paxterra@reshma:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up rabbitmq-server (3.2.4-1) ...
chown: cannot access ‘/var/lib/rabbitmq’: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package rabbitmq-server (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 rabbitmq-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
paxterra@reshma:~$

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: openvswitch-datapath-dkms 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-52.85-generic 3.13.11-ckt18
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-52-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-52-generic
Date: Thu May 7 10:39:58 2015
DuplicateSignature: dkms:openvswitch-datapath-dkms:2.0.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1:configure: error: Linux kernel in /lib/modules/3.13.0-52-generic/build is version 3.13.11, but version newer than 3.12.x is not supported
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-16 (79 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.3)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
SourcePackage: openvswitch
Title: openvswitch-datapath-dkms 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1: openvswitch kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[James Page (james-page)]

Please have a read of:

  https://javacruft.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/which-open-vswitch/

Use of the DKMS module is not supported with the 3.13.0 kernel - its just not needed as the in-tree module does the job just fine.