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grub2 package

  1. Bug #537123
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 537123

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote : Re: package linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic 2.6.31-20.57 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Thanks for your report

The relevant error is
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Setting up linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic (2.6.31-20.57) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-20-generic
Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-20-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-19-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Microsoft Windows XP Professional on /dev/sda1
/etc/grub.d/README: 2: All: not found
/etc/grub.d/README: 4: 00_*:: not found
/etc/grub.d/README: 5: 10_*:: not found
/etc/grub.d/README: 6: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
User postinst hook script [/usr/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 2
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Did you change the permission of the file /etc/grub.d/README to executable manually ?
To workaround this problem open a terminal and run:
$ sudo chmod a-x /etc/grub.d/README

and try performing the upgrade again.