sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic hangs

[psilva261]

Now I called

sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic

It hanged at: Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin

So I did CRTL+C. Anyhow, apt-get is now willing to be called again. Eventhough it complains that

inux-image-server : Depends: linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic but it is not going to be installed

I wonder whether I should try a distribution upgrade... (+ I wonder what would happen if I rebooted now )

[ibjsb4]

@psilva261

Your problem is not the same as the OP's, with the 3.5 kernel. To minimize confusion I suggest starting your own thread.

[psilva261]

Hi ibjsb4,

Sure, but the problem exists since years so odds are low it depends on the Kernel version. (The oldest blog/forum post I found about this issue is from 2008.)

Philip

[psilva261]

Or maybe it does depend on the kernel version but the cause is basically a script that has problems with some kernel versions...
(Didn't mean to be offensive by the way)

[s.fox]

Please do not hijack other peoples threads.

Posts moved to own thread.

[psilva261]

Anyway, I think I've solved it:

Afterwards I did sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get -f upgrade, killed it again. Then in /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic.postrm I commented lines 326-332. And then I set update_initramfs=no in /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf (tried this before, but this didn't work without the trick to comment the lines above.) Then I ran sudo dpkg --configure -a and apt-get works again.

I cannot really recommend anybody to do this on a production system, but I think these script could really need some maintenance:

$ head -n 11 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic.postrm
#! /usr/bin/perl
# -*- Mode: Cperl -*-
# image.postrm ---
# Author : Manoj Srivastava ( srivasta@glaurung.green-gryphon.com )
# Created On : Sat May 15 11:05:13 1999
# Created On Node : glaurung.green-gryphon.com
# Last Modified By : Manoj Srivastava
# Last Modified On : Wed Sep 13 11:26:19 2006
# Last Machine Used: glaurung.internal.golden-gryphon.com
# Update Count : 57
# Status : Unknown, Use with caution!

[ibjsb4]

Nothing wrong with a dist-upgrade.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ap...nance_commands

[ibjsb4]

Well, I guess the only thing left to do is ..

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnansweredPo.../SolvedThreads

[psilva261]

Ok thanks...

By the way, I realized this broken script is (almost) the same for Kernel versions 2.6.x - 3.2.x. Didn't check 3.5.x though because I don't have a 12.10 system here.

[psilva261]

>Well, I guess the only thing left to do is ..
>
>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnansweredPo.../SolvedThreads

Are you serious?