AeroRich
August 4th, 2011, 06:56 AM
Hello Ubuntu-ers,
Let me preface this post by claiming a certain level of ignorance. I most likely know enough about Linux to get myself into deep do-do, but not enough to dig myself out of it. I am a long-time forum reader, but first-time forum poster.
I recently (~2 wks) installed Ubuntu 11.04 onto a rather old Intel machine. I honestly did nothing special with the installation. Everything was default (except for my username and host name ^_^). Since the installation, there are certain pieces of software that I can't seem to install. Most notably, XBMC, Opera, and Spotify. I also cannot seem to do an apt-get upgrade. They all seem to throw the same error associated with the linux-image. Much googling and forum searches have not found anything that seems to be pertinent.
My apt-get upgrade results are listed below. I'm happy to provide what ever other information anyone identifies as relevant to debugging this. Many thanks in advance,
~Rich
rich@argos:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
6 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 linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic (2.6.38-10.46) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-10-generic
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic.postinst line 1010.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic (2.6.38-8.42) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic
Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
(2.6.38-8.42 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
(2.6.38-8.42 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 2.6.38-8-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 2.6.38-8-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.38-8-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common 2.6.38-8-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic.postinst line 1010.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.38.10.25); however:
Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Setting up linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic (2.6.38-10.46) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10
Failed to process /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic.postinst line 110.
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic:
linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic; however:
Package linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic
linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic
linux-image-generic
linux-generic
linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic
linux-headers-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Let me preface this post by claiming a certain level of ignorance. I most likely know enough about Linux to get myself into deep do-do, but not enough to dig myself out of it. I am a long-time forum reader, but first-time forum poster.
I recently (~2 wks) installed Ubuntu 11.04 onto a rather old Intel machine. I honestly did nothing special with the installation. Everything was default (except for my username and host name ^_^). Since the installation, there are certain pieces of software that I can't seem to install. Most notably, XBMC, Opera, and Spotify. I also cannot seem to do an apt-get upgrade. They all seem to throw the same error associated with the linux-image. Much googling and forum searches have not found anything that seems to be pertinent.
My apt-get upgrade results are listed below. I'm happy to provide what ever other information anyone identifies as relevant to debugging this. Many thanks in advance,
~Rich
rich@argos:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
6 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 linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic (2.6.38-10.46) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-10-generic
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic.postinst line 1010.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic (2.6.38-8.42) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic
Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
(2.6.38-8.42 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
(2.6.38-8.42 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 2.6.38-8-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 2.6.38-8-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.38-8-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common 2.6.38-8-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic.postinst line 1010.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.38.10.25); however:
Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Setting up linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic (2.6.38-10.46) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common 2.6.38-10-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10
Failed to process /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic.postinst line 110.
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic:
linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic; however:
Package linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic
linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic
linux-image-generic
linux-generic
linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic
linux-headers-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)