Thanks for your response. I saw the question about merging. I have made some modifications to menu.lst. I kept the locally installed version and was going to manually change it later to reflect the new kernel.
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Jean-Baptiste Lallement < jeanbaptiste.lallem...@gmail.com> wrote: > This report has mistakingly been marked as duplicate of bug 504173. In > your case the relevant error is > > ==== > Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin > /usr/share/debconf/confmodule: line 42: printf: write error: Broken pipe > User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1 > dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.31-17-generic (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > ===== > > Did you see a question about merging changes in menu.lst ? If so, what did > you answer ? > Thanks. > > ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 504173 > package linux-image failed to install : post-installation script returned > error exit status 137. /usr/sbin/update-grub killed with SIGKILL > > ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > package linux-image-2.6.31-17-generic 2.6.31-17.54 failed to > install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned > error exit status 1 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504526 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “grub” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: grub > > error message cited dependency problems > > ProblemType: Package > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Thu Jan 7 16:23:35 2010 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error > exit status 1 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Package: linux-image-2.6.31-17-generic 2.6.31-17.54 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic > SourcePackage: grub > Title: package linux-image-2.6.31-17-generic 2.6.31-17.54 failed to > install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned > error exit status 1 > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/504526/+subscribe > -- package linux-image-2.6.31-17-generic 2.6.31-17.54 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504526 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs