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Old 12-18-2017, 04:44 AM   #1
hstoellinger
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Kernel upgrade-troubles


I run KDE-Neon 5.8.8 on my Sony laptop. Since a couple of days ago I have a problem updating/upgrading to the "newest" software. Obviously there is a problem with the kernel. I get the following messages:
Code:
Die folgenden teilweise installierten Pakete werden konfiguriert:
  linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic 
Es werden keine Pakete installiert, aktualisiert oder entfernt.
0 Pakete aktualisiert, 0 zusätzlich installiert, 0 werden entfernt und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
29,8 MB an Archiven müssen heruntergeladen werden. Nach dem Entpacken werden 0 B zusätzlich belegt sein.
Holen: 1 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 linux-image-extra-4.10.0-42-generic amd64 4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1 [29,8 MB]
29,8 MB wurden in 15 s heruntergeladen (1.888 kB/s)                                                                                                                                     
linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic (4.10.0-42.46) wird eingerichtet ...                                                                                                                      
Running depmod.                                                                                                                                                                         
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)                                                                                                                          
initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-42-generic                                                                                                                                           
) points to /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-42-generic
 (/boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-42-generic) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic.postinst line 491.
vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic
) points to /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic
 (/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic.postinst line 491.
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.10.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.10.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.10.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-42-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 4.10.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic
run-parts: failed to stat component /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier: No such file or directory
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic.postinst line 1052.
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic (--configure):
 Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes linux-image-extra-4.10.0-42-generic (--configure):
 Paket linux-image-extra-4.10.0-42-generic ist nicht bereit zur Konfiguration
 kann nicht konfiguriert werden (momentaner Status »half-installed«)
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
 linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic
 linux-image-extra-4.10.0-42-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Das Ausführen des angeforderten Vorgangs auf das Paket schlug fehl. Wiederherstellungsversuch:
linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic (4.10.0-42.46) wird eingerichtet ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-42-generic
) points to /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-42-generic
 (/boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-42-generic) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic.postinst line 491.
vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic
) points to /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic
 (/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic.postinst line 491.
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.10.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.10.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.10.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-42-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 4.10.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic
run-parts: failed to stat component /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier: No such file or directory
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic.postinst line 1052.
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic (--configure):
 Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
 linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic
Any updates/upgrades to additional packages go alright. The aptitude-upgrade process also removes some additional bootable systems from grub.conf. While I do know how to correct this situation temporarily, it is very annoying. I wonder how I can fix this situation. Thanks for any hints.
Regards H. Stoellinger, Austria
 
Old 12-18-2017, 03:06 PM   #2
Mara
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Have you tried
sudo apt-get install -f
This will try to fix broken packages. Should work in your case.
 
Old 12-20-2017, 12:44 PM   #3
hstoellinger
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Hello,
Looking at the above output more closely, I found that - while there is a symbolic link
update-notifier -> /usr/share/update-notifier/notify-reboot-required in /etc/kernel/postinst.d - the file pointed to is actually missing. Everything now works fine after installing package "update-notifier-common" plus prereqs.
H. S.

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