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linux-image 2.6.32-23.37 can't be configured

Bug #601430 reported by epictete on 2010-07-03

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Since I upgraded with linux-image 2.6.32-23.37, each time I want to install a new software, the system tries to configure this very package et can't::

"E: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.32-21-generic_2.6.32-21.32_i386.deb: le sous-processus nouveau script post-removal a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 2"

All the messages are in the attachement file followed by the results of:

uname -a
cat /proc/version_signature
dmesg and
sudo lspci -vnvn

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-23-generic 2.6.32-23.37
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: philippe 1805 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: philippe 1805 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfebfc000 irq 21'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9205'
   Components : 'HDA:838476a0,102801f2,00100204 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000'
   Controls : 19
   Simple ctrls : 11
Date: Sat Jul 3 19:47:22 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=7f7564af-8c11-4180-b509-e0a837d03034
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1720
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=552f8fab-4f5f-486d-8d8d-41f7910b6910 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=fr_FR.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 04/21/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A08
dmi.board.name: 0UK437
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd04/21/2008:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1720:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0UK437:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1720
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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epictete (p-latreyte) wrote on 2010-07-03:

Bug kernel.txt Edit (102.1 KiB, text/plain)
AlsaDevices.txt Edit (517 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AplayDevices.txt Edit (281 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (51.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Amixer.values.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt Edit (7.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec.1.txt Edit (146 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (17.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (280 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (14.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciMultimedia.txt Edit (586 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RfKill.txt Edit (120 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (159.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (301.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (28.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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epictete (p-latreyte) wrote on 2010-07-03:

After booting on kernel 2.6.32-22 I can even not uninstall kernel 2.6.32-23 and I cannot install another software because each time the system wants to configure linux-image 2.6.32-23!

So now my system is motionless and no software can be added!

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epictete (p-latreyte) wrote on 2010-07-05:

I have found the solution.

Looking at the error message, I noted that the 1st error was this: "update-extlinux: not found".

at the very beginning of the text:

"Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux 2.6.32-21-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
/etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux: 15: update-extlinux: not found
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux exited with return code 127"

So I googlelized: "update-extlinux: not found" and found the precise solution in this post :

http://osdir.com/ml/debian-bugs-dist/2010-05/msg08675.html

"You must have installed and then removed extlinux, leaving the script /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux. This is a bug in extlinux - the script
should do nothing if the package has been removed. You can work around it by purging extlinux.

Ben Hutchings"

Thanks very much to Ben Hutchings for posting, whoever he may be!

Looking for extlinux, I could verify that the package was not installed but its configuration files were present: (c) in aptitude search:

philippe@dell-1720:~$ aptitude search extlinux
c extlinux - utilities for the syslinux bootloaders (ext2/ext3 bootloader)

Removing the files was impossible with aptitude for he always tried to configure linux-image which always ends in the procedure to abort. So I used dpkg which is a lower level tool that don't need to upgrade everything before he could move his little finger as aptitude does:

philippe@dell-1720:~$ sudo dpkg -P extlinux
(Lecture de la base de données... 182806 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
Suppression de extlinux ...
Purge des fichiers de configuration de extlinux ...

philippe@dell-1720:~$ aptitude search extlinux
philippe@dell-1720:~$
philippe@dell-1720:~$ aptitude show extlinux
E: Paquet extlinux introuvable

Then I could update and upgrade everything including linux-image.

I've just reboot on kernel 2.6.32-23 without any problem.

In the end I don't what this problem with extlinux came from but everything's right now.

I apologize for having filed a bug report too early but maybe someday it'll help someone.

I have found the solution.

Looking at the error message, I noted that the 1st error was this: "update-extlinux: not found".

at the very beginning of the text:

So I googlelized: "update-extlinux: not found" and found the precise solution in this post :

http://osdir.com/ml/debian-bugs-dist/2010-05/msg08675.html

Ben Hutchings"

Thanks very much to Ben Hutchings for posting, whoever he may be!

Looking for extlinux, I could verify that the package was not installed but its configuration files were present: (c) in aptitude search:

philippe@dell-1720:~$ aptitude search extlinux
c   extlinux                                                       - utilities for the syslinux bootloaders (ext2/ext3 bootloader)

philippe@dell-1720:~$ aptitude search extlinux
philippe@dell-1720:~$ 
philippe@dell-1720:~$ aptitude show extlinux
E: Paquet extlinux introuvable

Then I could update and upgrade everything including linux-image.

I've just reboot on kernel 2.6.32-23 without any problem.

In the end I don't what this problem with extlinux came from but everything's right now.

I apologize for having filed a bug report too early but maybe someday it'll help someone.

Brad Figg (brad-figg) on 2011-04-06

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew) wrote on 2019-10-03:

Closing this bug with Won't fix as this kernel / release is no longer supported.
Please feel free to open a new bug report if you're still experiencing this on a newer release (Bionic 18.04.3 / Disco 19.04)
Thanks!

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Won't Fix

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