I believe the analysis that this was caused by both kernel *and* f-k being updated in the same apt run was spot on.
Furthermore, I *think* this was fixed in 3.98ubuntu10 which caused flash-kernel to (attempt to) run on every call to postinst maintscript, not just those involving a trigger (because pending triggers can be dropped on package upgrades. I'll set this to "Fix Released" as I'm fairly confident this is already fixed, but do feel free to set this back to "New" if it's still a issue. ** Changed in: flash-kernel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090594 Title: kernel install: flash-kernel is sometimes never executed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flash-kernel/+bug/1090594/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs