Interestingly, when this error message first appeared, chromium complained that it could not be run as root unless I set up a new profile.
But at the same time, a launchpad log-in page opened in Firefox and it is from there that I am commenting on this bug report. I am going to try living dangerously, and to delete manually /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-19-generic, sincce it appears to be generated frequently by post-installation scripts. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173020 Title: upgrade from kubuntu 12.10 to 13.04. error with linux-image- extra-3.8.0-19-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1173020/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs