[kwlug-disc] Version Mismatch Ubuntu 12.04 linux-image-generic

[Chamunks Arkturus]

well i read this then did some googling also with the information given in
this thread and discovered that linux-generic is just a meta package so i
just apt-mark manual linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic then apt-get
remove linux-generic and the problem was solved.

Thats a nice looking script bob i should look into it more.   But turns out
that this is a problem that happens more often.  I think that "unsolicited"
might have ended up on the same thread i found.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/253243/apt-wedged-by-kernel-version-mismatch


On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Jonathan D. Poole <jpoole at digitaljedi.ca>wrote:

> Silly response perhaps, but does aptitude update show any different
> behavior than apt-*?
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Paul Nijjar
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:41 PM
> To: KWLUG discussion
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Version Mismatch Ubuntu 12.04 linux-image-generic
>
>
>
> I am not sure of the specific issue here. Often I use the interactive
> mode of aptitude to investigate what packages appear to be available
> and which are not -- it may be the case that "linux-generic" does not
> have a version 3.2.0.36.46 available (only 3.2.0.36.43).
>
> What version of linux-generic is installed? What version is it trying
> to upgrade itself to?
>
> Another "try to fix things" command that sometimes comes in handy is
>
> dpkg --configure --pending
>
> but that deals with post-installation issues, not so much
> dependencies. I doubt it will help here.
>
> - Paul
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 03:56:39PM -0500, Chamunks Arkturus wrote:
>
>> I have no idea how to remedy this issue at all.  I tried running apt-get
>> clean, apt-get autoclean, rm -r /var/cache/apt/*, apt-get update, apt-get
>> upgrade, apt-get -f install and I still get this issue.
>>
>> I was in #ubuntu asking about this issue and the one guy got terribly
>> frustrated with my inability to predict what to do here as someone who has
>> never dealt with this issue before I've given up on irc and am asking the
>> wise ones here.  Please don't fail me now :P
>>
>> root at 907H2:/var/cache/apt# apt-get -f install
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> Correcting dependencies... Done
>> The following extra packages will be installed:
>>   linux-generic
>> The following packages will be upgraded:
>>   linux-generic
>> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
>> 1 not fully installed or removed.
>> Need to get 0 B/1,722 B of archives.
>> After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
>> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
>>  linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 3.2.0.36.43); however:
>>   Version of linux-image-generic on system is 3.2.0.38.46.
>>  linux-generic depends on linux-headers-generic (= 3.2.0.36.43); however:
>>   Version of linux-headers-generic on system is 3.2.0.38.46.
>> dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
>>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> No apport report written because the error message indicates its a
>> followup
>> error   om a previous failure.
>>                       Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  linux-generic
>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>> root at 907H2:/var/cache/apt# apt-cache search linux-image-generic
>> flinux-image-generic - Generic Linux kernel image
>> linux-image-generic-pae - Generic Linux kernel image
>> linux-image-generic-lts-**quantal - Generic Linux kernel image
>> root at 907H2:/var/cache/apt# dpkg --configure -a
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
>>  linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 3.2.0.36.43); however:
>>   Version of linux-image-generic on system is 3.2.0.38.46.
>>  linux-generic depends on linux-headers-generic (= 3.2.0.36.43); however:
>>   Version of linux-headers-generic on system is 3.2.0.38.46.
>> dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
>>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  linux-generic
>>
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