8.10 Upgrade breaks bluetooth, ATI driver, complex boot config

[Joel Crisp]

Binary package hint: update-manager

joel@doubleubuntu:/etc/bluetooth$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

During update there was a conflict with memtestx86 updating menu.lst and kernel updating menu.lst - in both cases I have a pre-existing modified menu.lst with several boot configs in - memtestx86 3 way merge succeeded, subsequent kernel 3-way merge bombed out and didn't allow any recovery options

I have a bluetooth keyboard and mouse - these don't work in full bluetooth mode (which I use to enable my cellphone sync) only emulated mode - again this was down to conflicts in the old bluetooth config and the new one and a failing 3-way merge. It also appears to have not preserved my old config as a backup.

The binary ATI driver for my graphics card didn't update correctly and I'm back to vesa fallback for X

Aside from these relatively minor issues, the upgrade appears to have run smoothly.

I have a Thunder K8W dual AMDx64 board with a AGP Radeon X1650 Gfx card.

Thanks!

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: update-manager 1:0.93.32
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Here is what is causing the error:

Setting up linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (2.6.27-7.14) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-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-2.6.27-7-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Merging changes into the new version
 Conflicts found! Please edit `/var/run/grub/menu.lst' and sort them out manually.
 The file `/var/run/grub/menu.lst.ucf-new' has a record of the failed merge of the configuration file.
User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 3
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a
duplicate of bug 269539, so it is being marked as such. Please look at
the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you
can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. It would be
great if you could attach the following files to the master bug report
(you will only still have them if you haven't rebooted yet):

- /var/run/grub/menu.lst
- /var/run/grub/menu.lst.ucf-new

Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in
the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may
find.