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    Kernel update refusing to work - (kernel 3.2.0-39-generic)

    Hi again

    I have been unable to update my ubuntu kernel for a few weeks now, and at a loss what to do. i also had a separate issue with updates here, but I could tell it was separate because after I cleared that up my failing kernel update gave the same errors as before.

    Code:
    nad@Macondo:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
    [sudo] password for nad: 
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    Correcting dependencies... Done
    The following extra packages will be installed:
      linux-generic linux-image-generic
    The following packages will be upgraded:
      linux-generic linux-image-generic
    2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    4 not fully installed or removed.
    Need to get 0 B/4,300 B of archives.
    After this operation, 2,048 B of additional disk space will be used.
    Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
    Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic (3.2.0-39.62) ...
    Running depmod.
    update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
    Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
    run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.2.0-39-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-39-generic
    run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-39-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-39-generic
    update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-39-generic
    run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.2.0-39-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-39-generic
    run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.2.0-39-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-39-generic
    run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-39-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-39-generic
    /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 37: /etc/default/grub: tmpfs: not found
    run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 127
    Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic.postinst line 1010.
    dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic (--configure):
     subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
    Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-40-generic (3.2.0-40.64) ...
    Running depmod.
    update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
    Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
    run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.2.0-40-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-40-generic
    run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-40-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-40-generic
    update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-40-generic
    run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.2.0-40-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-40-generic
    run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.2.0-40-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-40-generic
    run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-40-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-40-generic
    /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 37: /etc/default/grub: tmpfs: not found
    run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 127
    Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.2.0-40-generic.postinst line 1010.
    dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-40-generic (--configure):
     subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    nad@Macondo:~$
    I'd never heard of depmod before. Is there something I should do with one of the files in /var/lib/dpkg ? like delete it so it re-generates?

    In other threads OPs were told to use df -i or df -h to see if their /boot directories were full, but my hard drive is huge and almost empty, and I didn't do any fancy partitioning, everything is under / on the same partition.

    Part of the error messages mentioned GRUB, so I also did
    Code:
    nad@Macondo:~$ sudo update-grub
    [sudo] password for nad: 
    /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 37: /etc/default/grub: tmpfs: not found
    Synaptic gave me this error too:
    E: linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
    E: linux-image-3.2.0-40-generic: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
    E: linux-image-generic: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    E: linux-generic: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    My computer boots and works normally for the moment apart from this. Can anyone help?
    Last edited by blackbird34; March 31st, 2013 at 02:05 PM.
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    Re: Kernel update refusing to work - (kernel 3.2.0-39-generic)

    The file /etc/default/grub is used by update-grub to generate a grub.cfg file. Maybe yours somehow got corrupted. You can rename it
    Code:
    sudo mv /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.bak
    to save it under another name so it won't interfere with update-grub, then replace it with a clean unaltered version:
    Code:
    sudo cp /usr/share/grub/default/grub /etc/default/
    That will lose any modifications/customizations that you may have made to your grub configuration post-installation, but it should also eliminate whatever is preventing update-grub from completing.

    Then run
    Code:
    update grub
    If that solves the problem, you can delete the grub.bak file you created. If it doesn't, you can delete the new /etc/default/grub and rename the backup to its original name.

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    Re: Kernel update refusing to work - (kernel 3.2.0-39-generic)

    Thanks for the tip, but it didn't change anything.

    Can anyone tell me what's wrong with "tmpfs"?

    And if I reboot with an older kernel, can I purge the newer ones and try everything over again?

    EDIT: I did reboot with an old kernel, and removed the offending one, it worked fine. Problem Solved.
    Last edited by blackbird34; April 1st, 2013 at 09:51 AM.
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