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November 29th, 2008, 08:46 PM
I was just running the latest updates on my ubuntu machine and one of the packages failed to install. It involves the boot sector and the kernel and I am afraid to try rebooting my machine because I don't know if it will come back again. While my machine is on, what can I do to fix this or reinstall the linux kernel?
Here is the error message I got:
Processing trigger for libc6...
ldconfig deffered processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-22-generic
linux-image-generic
linux-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-22-generic (2.6.24-22.35) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-22-generic
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-22-generic
dpkg: error processing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-22-generic (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-22-generic; however: Package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-22-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency probelms - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (-2.6.24.22.24); however: Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Running the package updater again doesn't do anything. I don't want to reboot my computer unless I am sure this problem is fixed. I don't have time to fix an unbootable computer.
Thanks!
Here is the error message I got:
Processing trigger for libc6...
ldconfig deffered processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-22-generic
linux-image-generic
linux-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-22-generic (2.6.24-22.35) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-22-generic
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-22-generic
dpkg: error processing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-22-generic (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-22-generic; however: Package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-22-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency probelms - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (-2.6.24.22.24); however: Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Running the package updater again doesn't do anything. I don't want to reboot my computer unless I am sure this problem is fixed. I don't have time to fix an unbootable computer.
Thanks!