I got this same error while upgrading from Gutsy to Hardy with the Update Manager. Now my machine is in a complete mess, X can not start anymore, disks are not mounted, etc, etc...
I did an update of Gutsy (with Update Manager) before I did this upgrade to Hardy. After this error I got about 30 more errors that other modules could not be installed due to dependency problems. Even 'linux- image-2.6.24.16.generic' failed (sounds pretty essential to me...) I have attached my term.log file for further inspection. I had a peek in there, the part where the module-init-tools went wrong was: Setting up module-init-tools (3.3-pre11-4ubuntu5) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/modprobe.d/arch/i386 ... Installing new version of config file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist ... dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/sbin/insmod' with different file `/sbin/insmod.modutils', not allowed dpkg: error processing module-init-tools (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of acpid: acpid depends on module-init-tools (>= 3.1-rel-2ubuntu2); however: Package module-init-tools is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing acpid (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured I also had a peek at /sbin/insmod* and this is what ls -l says: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5740 2008-02-25 22:20 /sbin/insmod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2007-05-02 19:12 /sbin/insmod.modutils as you can see the modutils file is empty, I am no expert so I don't know if that is a problem but I thought I mention it. I would say this has a pretty high importance because I used the average-user upgrade tools and my machine is totally useless after the upgrade. -Tom ** Attachment added: "term.log file" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14051737/term.log -- module-init-tools post-install script error 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208874 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
