Kernel upgrade problem?

[Sandy Harris]

Core 2 duo, 2 gig, onboard Intel video, Xubuntu 7.10, 8.04 ran fine,
8.10 mostly OK.

Recently, after telling it to get all upgrades, I started seeing these messages:

E: linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic: subprocess post-installation script
returned error exit status 2
E: linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic: subprocess post-installation script
returned error exit status 2
E: linux-headers-generic: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
E: linux-image-generic: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Checking in Synaptic, I found various older things installed, like
2.6.24 modules.
I tagged those for removal and the current stuff for re-install. Somewhat to my
surprise, this did not solve the problem.

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Sandy Harris,
Quanzhou, Fujian, China