When cleaning up my Gutsy installation I encountered the same issue: NOTE: All commands are given as root!
dpkg --purge linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-7-generic (Reading database ... 102011 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-7-generic ... Purging configuration files for linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-7-generic ... FATAL: Could not open '/boot/System.map-2.6.22-7-generic': No such file or directory update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-7-generic Cannot find /lib/modules/2.6.22-7-generic update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-7-generic dpkg: error processing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-7-generic (--purge): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-7-generic Although not entirely sure of the consequences I thought I give the following a try and issued the following commands: cp /boot/System.map-2.6.22-8-generic /boot/System.map-2.6.22-7-generic mkdir /lib/modules/2.6.22-7-generic cp -R /lib/modules/2.6.22-8-generic/* /lib/modules/2.6.22-7-generic/ Next I tried again with the following result: dpkg --purge linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-7-generic (Reading database ... 102011 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-7-generic ... Purging configuration files for linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-7-generic ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-7-generic find: /lib/firmware/2.6.22-7-generic: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.22-7-generic: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.22-7-generic: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.22-7-generic: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.22-7-generic: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.22-7-generic: No such file or directory However the end result was that linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-7-generic no longer appeared as residual in Synaptic. I am not sure if it is an official workaround, but it resolved the issue for me. -- Gutsy synaptic fail with error on remove residual conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/126093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
