[Bug 2121763] [NEW] dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic (--configure):
Andrew Hargreaves
2121763 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sun Aug 31 08:45:36 UTC 2025
Public bug reported:
[sudo] password for a:
Hit:1 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/helkaluin/webp-pixbuf-loader/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:2 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/jurplel/qview/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Get:6 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-security InRelease [7,613 B]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [129 kB]
Get:8 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-updates InRelease [7,468 B]
Get:9 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-security InRelease [7,462 B]
Get:10 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-updates InRelease [7,461 B]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [54.6 kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/restricted amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [208 B]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [125 kB]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [208 B]
Fetched 339 kB in 2s (223 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up-to-date.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic (6.8.0-78.78~22.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic (6.8.0-79.79~22.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic (6.8.0-78.78~22.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.8.0-78-generic
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub:
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 34: /etc/default/grub: Syntax error: EOF in backquote s
ubstitution
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 2
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic (--configure):
installed linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic package post-installation script subproc
ess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic (6.8.0-79.79~22.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.8.0-79-generic
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub:
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 34: /etc/default/grub: Syntax error: EOF in backquote s
ubstitution
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 2
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic (--configure):
installed linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic package post-installation script subproc
ess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic
linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-65.68~22.04.1-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-65-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.10
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashDB: ubuntu
CrashReports:
600:0:124:167272:2025-08-29 08:24:48.886222907 +0100:2025-08-30 10:52:40.506338649 +0100:/var/crash/linux-image-6.8.0-64-generic.0.crash
644:0:124:0:2025-08-28 09:14:39.993086403 +0100:2025-08-28 09:14:39.993086403 +0100:/var/crash/linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic.0.upload
600:117:124:37:2025-08-28 09:14:41.179049549 +0100:2025-08-28 09:14:41.179049549 +0100:/var/crash/linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic.0.uploaded
640:0:124:2389264:2025-08-28 09:14:38.577099561 +0100:2025-08-31 09:29:43.950523499 +0100:/var/crash/linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic.0.crash
600:0:124:158713:2025-08-30 06:40:26.674438835 +0100:2025-08-31 09:27:44.148351577 +0100:/var/crash/linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic.0.crash
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Aug 31 09:38:09 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-05-17 (105 days ago)
InstallationMedia:
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade jammy wayland-session
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Title:
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic
(--configure):
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
[sudo] password for a:
Hit:1 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/helkaluin/webp-pixbuf-loader/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:2 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/jurplel/qview/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Get:6 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-security InRelease [7,613 B]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [129 kB]
Get:8 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-updates InRelease [7,468 B]
Get:9 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-security InRelease [7,462 B]
Get:10 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-updates InRelease [7,461 B]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [54.6 kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/restricted amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [208 B]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [125 kB]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [208 B]
Fetched 339 kB in 2s (223 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up-to-date.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic (6.8.0-78.78~22.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic (6.8.0-79.79~22.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic (6.8.0-78.78~22.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.8.0-78-generic
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub:
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 34: /etc/default/grub: Syntax error: EOF in backquote s
ubstitution
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 2
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic (--configure):
installed linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic package post-installation script subproc
ess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic (6.8.0-79.79~22.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.8.0-79-generic
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub:
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 34: /etc/default/grub: Syntax error: EOF in backquote s
ubstitution
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 2
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic (--configure):
installed linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic package post-installation script subproc
ess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic
linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-65.68~22.04.1-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-65-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.10
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashDB: ubuntu
CrashReports:
600:0:124:167272:2025-08-29 08:24:48.886222907 +0100:2025-08-30 10:52:40.506338649 +0100:/var/crash/linux-image-6.8.0-64-generic.0.crash
644:0:124:0:2025-08-28 09:14:39.993086403 +0100:2025-08-28 09:14:39.993086403 +0100:/var/crash/linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic.0.upload
600:117:124:37:2025-08-28 09:14:41.179049549 +0100:2025-08-28 09:14:41.179049549 +0100:/var/crash/linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic.0.uploaded
640:0:124:2389264:2025-08-28 09:14:38.577099561 +0100:2025-08-31 09:29:43.950523499 +0100:/var/crash/linux-image-6.8.0-78-generic.0.crash
600:0:124:158713:2025-08-30 06:40:26.674438835 +0100:2025-08-31 09:27:44.148351577 +0100:/var/crash/linux-image-6.8.0-79-generic.0.crash
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Aug 31 09:38:09 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-05-17 (105 days ago)
InstallationMedia:
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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