I have exactly the same error here. I tried to build my own kernel. All is ok, but when I try to install the *.deb, I get the error during the package configuration.
There is my configuration : - Ubuntu 8.10. Installed from scratch, no upgrades from a previous version. - Nvidia Driver version : 177.80 (from official Ubuntu repositories) - Kernel sources from official Ubuntu repositories, with the phc patch There is my error : ------- Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 20 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.27custom.postinst line 1181. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27custom (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.27custom E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up linux-image-2.6.27custom (2.6.27custom-10.00.Custom) ... Running depmod. Finding valid ramdisk creators. Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk. initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27custom ) points to /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27custom (/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27custom) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.27custom.postinst line 583. vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27custom ) points to /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27custom (/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27custom) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.27custom.postinst line 583. Running postinst hook script update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.4.old Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.4 Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27custom Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 20 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.27custom.postinst line 1181. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27custom (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.27custom ----- Has anybody an idea about this bug? Regards -- dkms - error when installing custom kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292606 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs