Thanks for you help, I tried the clean as suggested, this is the result. peter@myth:~$ sudo apt-get install -f [sudo] password for peter: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up linux-image-3.13.0-49-generic (3.13.0-49.83) ... Running depmod. update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later) Failed to symbolic-link boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-49-generic to initrd.img:File exists at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-49-generic.postinst line 629. dpkg: error processing package linux-image-3.13.0-49-generic (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 17 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-extra-3.13.0-49-generic: linux-image-extra-3.13.0-49-generic depends on linux-image-3.13.0-49-generic; however: Package linux-image-3.13.0-49-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-3.13.0-49-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-3.13.0-49-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-49-generic E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) peter@myth:~$ After the initial bug reported in this thread, I was not able to boot my system. I had to roll back to 3.13.0-46 using the GRUB menu before I could successfully boot my system. peter@myth:~$ uname -r 3.13.0-46-generic peter@myth:~$ lsb_release -sr 14.04 I am very much a Linux Newbie, and just use this system as myth backend. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1444265 Title: package linux-image-3.13.0-49-generic 3.13.0-49.83 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 17 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1444265/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs