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steelaz
July 13th, 2008, 03:06 PM
Ubuntu 8.04 - 2.6.24-19.

Few weeks ago Update Manager was working on new updates and something went wrong. When I restarted my PC it would boot into "low graphics mode". So now I boot into older 2.6.24-18 and everything works well, but every time I'm installing something I get an error similar to this:



WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/cypress_m8.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/cyberjack.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/funsoft.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/hp4x.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/cp2101.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/empeg.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/ipw.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/io_edgeport.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/garmin_gps.ko is not an elf object
Failed to run depmod
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic:
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic:
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic


Usually programs and updates install successfully regardless the error and I was hoping it will go away when I update kernel.

Today I tried updating kernel manually (using KernelCheck) and it failed with message above. Can someone help me with this?

Thank You.

bapoumba
July 13th, 2008, 03:23 PM
Do you have an error output to :

sudo dpkg --configure -a

steelaz
July 13th, 2008, 03:36 PM
Yes, its:



Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (2.6.24-19.34) ...
Running depmod.
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/cypress_m8.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/cyberjack.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/funsoft.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/hp4x.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/cp2101.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/empeg.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/ipw.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/io_edgeport.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.ko is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/garmin_gps.ko is not an elf object
Failed to run depmod
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic:
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic:
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic

bapoumba
July 13th, 2008, 03:46 PM
Hmm..

Please try :

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic

steelaz
July 13th, 2008, 04:09 PM
Didn't work. Got exactly the same error.

bapoumba
July 13th, 2008, 04:26 PM
I guess the files got corrupted during the update.
Please try

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
and make sure you have linux-generic installed beforehand.

If none of this works, one option would be to download the packages and install them with dpkg, but i've never done this with a kernel package.. Not sure if it is even possible.

steelaz
July 13th, 2008, 05:12 PM
Thanks for trying to help. The above command did not work.

I think I'll have to wait till new version of Ubuntu comes out and do a fresh install.

bapoumba
July 13th, 2008, 05:16 PM
Thanks for trying to help. The above command did not work.

I think I'll have to wait till new version of Ubuntu comes out and do a fresh install.
You're welcome :)
Why wait for a new version? Do you have special hardware (such as "serial") that prevents the -19 kernel from /installing/working properly ? May be if you blacklist the module, it could work, but I have no idea which module it could be.
I have been looking on the internets with this idea, but did not find anything relevant.

steelaz
July 13th, 2008, 05:52 PM
No special hardware, it's just dell inspiron 8600 laptop and external usb drive.

I spent a lot of time moving my development platform (PHP, Apache, MySQL, Zend Studio, etc.) from windows, so I'm not too eager to do it again. Besides, everything else is working just fine. Now when Ubuntu 8.10 is released I will have good enough reason to do a fresh install.

steelaz
July 18th, 2008, 02:28 PM
Well... this Linux thing seems to be pretty cool. This morning Update Manager offered me to do some updates related to kernel, so I did. Install went without a hitch, I rebooted and now my 2.6.24-19 kernel works like a charm. Whatever was in that update, it fixed my problem.

bapoumba
July 18th, 2008, 03:25 PM
Well... this Linux thing seems to be pretty cool. This morning Update Manager offered me to do some updates related to kernel, so I did. Install went without a hitch, I rebooted and now my 2.6.24-19 kernel works like a charm. Whatever was in that update, it fixed my problem.

Cool :)
here is the security notice I beleive you are talking about : https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-July/000728.html

Imho, the security fixes described do not make me think they fixed your problem. I'd rather say the upgrade allowed the package to be downloaded again and be correctly reinstalled and configured. No matter what happened, welcome back :)