I have the restricted modules for my kernel. I uninstalled the kernel and modules for the 2.6.17 kernels, because I couldn't get my wifi to work with that kernel and with each upgrade I was getting grub menu.lst overwritten and pointing to the wrong partition.
I had done a backup of dapper prior to upgrade. When the first upgrade attempt failed, I did it again with the backup and then copied it back to the partition I'm now using. Here is what I get from dpkg -l |grep 2.6.1 (after removing things not related to the kernel) ii linux-headers-2.6.17-7 2.6.17-7.20 ii linux-headers-2.6.17-7-generic 2.6.17-7.20 ii linux-headers-686 2.6.17.5 ii linux-headers-generic 2.6.17.5 ii linux-image-2.6.15-26-386 2.6.15-26.46 ii linux-kernel-devel 2.6.17-7.20 ii linux-libc-dev 2.6.17-7.20 ii linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-26-386 2.6.15.11-3 rc linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-6-386 2.6.17.4-1 rc linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-7-386 2.6.17.5-1 ii linux-restricted-modules-common 2.6.17.5-1 Here is what is in /boot abi-2.6.15-26-386 initrd.img-2.6.15-26-386 System.map-2.6.15-26-386 config-2.6.15-26-386 initrd.img-2.6.17-6-386 vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 grub memtest86+.bin The initrd.img-2.6.17-6-386 is a 0 byte file. I deleted it, but when I attempt to configure usplash again, I get the empty file again. I imagine if I reinstall the 2.6.17-6 kernel again, the problem will stop. I did try to uninstall the 2.6.17-7 headers, but that informed me that something else would be uninstalled--I forget, but something like ubuntu-desktop or a big thing like that. -- upgrade usplash not configured https://launchpad.net/bugs/59503 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs