... After the crash happened, and after a while, I started Update manager once again, but it said the following:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. ... Then I opened terminal and put the command required above. The result was: mi...@desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a [sudo] password for misko: Setting up linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic (2.6.31-21.59) ... Running depmod. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-generic Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub. Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-20-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin Found Windows NT/2000/XP (loader) on /dev/sda1 /etc/grub.d/README: 2: All: not found /etc/grub.d/README: 4: 00_*:: not found /etc/grub.d/README: 5: 10_*:: not found /etc/grub.d/README: 6: Syntax error: "(" unexpected User postinst hook script [/usr/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 2 dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic mi...@desktop:~$ ... The second try to start Update Manager resulted in downloading remaining update files from repositories. By the way, the installation of updated linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic some ten days ago went smoothly. -- package linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic 2.6.31-21.59 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/581020 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