sngehl01
November 22nd, 2009, 05:07 AM
whenever i try to install something i get this error:
installArchives() failed: Selecting previously deselected package libsword8.
(Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5% (Reading database ... 10% (Reading database ... 15% (Reading database ... 20% (Reading database ... 25% (Reading database ... 30% (Reading database ... 35% (Reading database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45% (Reading database ... 50% (Reading database ... 55% (Reading database ... 60% (Reading database ... 65% (Reading database ... 70% (Reading database ... 75% (Reading database ... 80% (Reading database ... 85% (Reading database ... 90% (Reading database ... 95% (Reading database ... 100% (Reading database ... 148591 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libsword8 (from .../libsword8_1.6.0+dfsg-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package bibletime-data.
Unpacking bibletime-data (from .../bibletime-data_2.0-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package bibletime.
Unpacking bibletime (from .../bibletime_2.0-1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic (2.6.31-15.50) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-15-generic
Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
No path or device is specified.
Try ``grub-probe --help'' for more information.
No path or device is specified.
Try ``grub-probe --help'' for more information.
User postinst hook script [/usr/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up grub-pc (1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4) ...
Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map.
Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.
(hd0) /dev/sda
Generating grub.cfg ...
No path or device is specified.
Try ``grub-probe --help'' for more information.
No path or device is specified.
Try ``grub-probe --help'' for more information.
dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.31.15.28); however:
Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libsword8 (1.6.0+dfsg-1) ...
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
Setting up bibletime-data (2.0-1) ...
Setting up bibletime (2.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic
grub-pc
linux-image-generic
linux-generic
any ideas why? i tried changing my grub boot menu background, and i may have porked something up bad.
installArchives() failed: Selecting previously deselected package libsword8.
(Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5% (Reading database ... 10% (Reading database ... 15% (Reading database ... 20% (Reading database ... 25% (Reading database ... 30% (Reading database ... 35% (Reading database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45% (Reading database ... 50% (Reading database ... 55% (Reading database ... 60% (Reading database ... 65% (Reading database ... 70% (Reading database ... 75% (Reading database ... 80% (Reading database ... 85% (Reading database ... 90% (Reading database ... 95% (Reading database ... 100% (Reading database ... 148591 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libsword8 (from .../libsword8_1.6.0+dfsg-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package bibletime-data.
Unpacking bibletime-data (from .../bibletime-data_2.0-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package bibletime.
Unpacking bibletime (from .../bibletime_2.0-1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic (2.6.31-15.50) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-15-generic
Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
No path or device is specified.
Try ``grub-probe --help'' for more information.
No path or device is specified.
Try ``grub-probe --help'' for more information.
User postinst hook script [/usr/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up grub-pc (1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4) ...
Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map.
Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.
(hd0) /dev/sda
Generating grub.cfg ...
No path or device is specified.
Try ``grub-probe --help'' for more information.
No path or device is specified.
Try ``grub-probe --help'' for more information.
dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.31.15.28); however:
Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libsword8 (1.6.0+dfsg-1) ...
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
Setting up bibletime-data (2.0-1) ...
Setting up bibletime (2.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic
grub-pc
linux-image-generic
linux-generic
any ideas why? i tried changing my grub boot menu background, and i may have porked something up bad.