On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Lori Nagel <jas...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > jastiv@localhost:/var/log$ dpkg -S /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 > dpkg: /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 not found. > > then I tried on a file I know was installed by the package manager. > > jastiv@localhost:/var/log$ dpkg -S /usr/share/gnome/help/gnect/it/figures > gnome-games-data: /usr/share/gnome/help/gnect/it/figures > jastiv@localhost:/var/log$ > > basically the command does not work because the folder is no longer there for > some reason. > > Run "aptitude search linux-image" to see if you have a package with linux-image-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 installed. If the kernel was manually installed and the /lib/modules deleted, you would have this problem. dpkg is failing because update-initramfs is trying to build an initramfs for a kernel that doesn't have modules installed.
You can also run update-initramfs manually (sudo update-initramfs -k all), and it should update all kernels you have, although will through an error on the 2.6.30.7 one without the modules. If there are still problems, run "sudo update-initramfs -k <insert kernel name here>" to just update one of the kernels in your boot directory. Note that dpkg -S goes against the package cache/library, not the directories. It's most likely failing because this was a manually installed kernel, not from a package. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/