Thank you for quick resolution. I have applied the instructions and it
completed alright. I am a long time proud user of Ubuntu, you made me
prouder. Have a good day and nice weekend!!

Regards,
Prabhakara

On Thu, 3 Sep 2026, 8:55 pm Viktor Pashaiev, <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The kernel headers are innocent here - your DpkgTerminalLog shows it's
> an old DKMS module causing the drama :-)
>
> During the header installation, /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms tries
> to autoinstall all registered modules. It choked on “nvidia-535” because
> the patch “nv-vtophys-explicit-void-cast.patch” failed to apply against
> 6.8.0-138, which exited with status 11 and locked up apt.
>
> Looking at your Lspci.txt, your Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 is running on
> Intel Iris Xe graphics with no discrete Nvidia GPU anyway.
>
> To unstick apt and finish setting up the kernel headers:
>
> 1- Purge the leftover Nvidia DKMS module:
> sudo apt purge nvidia-dkms-535
>
> 2- Finish configuring the pending packages:
> sudo dpkg --configure -a
>
> 3- Run upgrade cleanly:
> sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
>
> Your 6.8.0-138 headers will configure with zero issues! yohoo ;-)
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2166169
>
> Title:
>   package linux-headers-6.8.0-138-generic 6.8.0-138.138 failed to
>   install/upgrade: installed linux-headers-6.8.0-138-generic package
>   post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 11
>
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   I am not sure about what the error is. It just pooped up in my system.
>
>   ProblemType: Package
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
>   Package: linux-headers-6.8.0-138-generic 6.8.0-138.138
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-137.137-generic 6.8.12
>   Uname: Linux 6.8.0-137-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.28.2-0ubuntu0.1
>   Architecture: amd64
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  hrp        2218 F.... pipewire
>                         hrp        2222 F.... wireplumber
>    /dev/snd/seq:        hrp        2218 F.... pipewire
>   CRDA: N/A
>   CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
>   Date: Wed Aug 26 12:45:44 2026
>   ErrorMessage: installed linux-headers-6.8.0-138-generic package
> post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 11
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-06-17 (1173 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64
> (20230223)
>   MachineType: LENOVO 82R7
>   ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-137-generic
> root=UUID=ba92750a-af87-4cd1-a40c-16de7376c926 ro quiet splash
> acpi_backlight=native acpi_osi=linux vt.handoff=7
>   Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.12, Python 3.12.3, python3-minimal,
> 3.12.3-0ubuntu2.1
>   PythonDetails: N/A
>   RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.12-1ubuntu7.3
>   SourcePackage: linux
>   Title: package linux-headers-6.8.0-138-generic 6.8.0-138.138 failed to
> install/upgrade: installed linux-headers-6.8.0-138-generic package
> post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 11
>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2026-02-19 (195 days ago)
>   dmi.bios.date: 07/23/2025
>   dmi.bios.release: 1.56
>   dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
>   dmi.bios.version: J7CN56WW
>   dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
>   dmi.board.name: LNVNB161216
>   dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
>   dmi.board.version: SDK0T76486 WIN
>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
>   dmi.chassis.type: 31
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
>   dmi.chassis.version: IdeaPad Flex 5 14IAU7
>   dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.31
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrJ7CN56WW:bd07/23/2025:br1.56:efr1.31:svnLENOVO:pn82R7:pvrIdeaPadFlex514IAU7:rvnLENOVO:rnLNVNB161216:rvrSDK0T76486WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct31:cvrIdeaPadFlex514IAU7:skuLENOVO_MT_82R7_BU_idea_FM_IdeaPadFlex514IAU7:
>   dmi.product.family: IdeaPad Flex 5 14IAU7
>   dmi.product.name: 82R7
>   dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_82R7_BU_idea_FM_IdeaPad Flex 5 14IAU7
>   dmi.product.version: IdeaPad Flex 5 14IAU7
>   dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
>
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  install/upgrade: installed linux-headers-6.8.0-138-generic package
  post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 11

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