VirtualBox

[Nils Kassube]

Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> (2014/10/20 2:41), Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> >> So ... right now NO SUDO COMMAND whatsoever works ...
> > 
> > What do you mean by the statement above? Do you get an error message
> > if you try to run any sodo commands? Or do you mean that the result
> > of the commands you tried so far to make virtualbox work just
> > wasn't succeessful?

> The machine causing all these troubles is at home and I am at work
> now, so that trying things will have to wait until evening.

No problem - we can wait.

> VirtualBox should be gone, because I removed it (successfully?)
> earlier.
> 
> When I run something like "sudo apt-get update", I get the output
> copied below, always ending with the same error.
> Meaning, as far as I can understand it, that I can type in ANY sudo
> command, but that is never executed successfully.
> I also tried to download, update, reinstall etc. the package seemingly
> causing the problems: "linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic".
> But so far nothing has helped.

> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-extlinux
> 3.13.0-37-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic
> P: Checking for EXTLINUX directory... found.
> P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic...
> P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-36-generic...
> P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-35-generic...
> P: Installing debian theme... done.
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub
> 3.13.0-37-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic
> Setting up linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic (3.13.0-37.64) ...
> Running depmod.
> Failed to run depmod

To me it looks like a permanent error and it doesn't help to reinstall 
the kernel several times. That's why I asked (in the other thread) about 
the result of the command

sudo depmod -a

Of course we'll have to wait for the answer, but I think it may give us 
a clue what causes the problem.


Nils