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Upgrade to 23.04 from 22.10 failed with error for linux-headers-6.2.0-20-generic. How do I fix?

I have 22.10 running on a Dell laptop, received a popup to upgrade to 23.04. During the installation I got an error message stating that the installation of linux-headers-6.2.0-20-generic has failed due to an error. At the end it said that the system will be left in an unstable state. I have not restarted the laptop, but I believe it wont restart if I tried! :/ Here is the output of sudo dpkg —configure -a :

Setting up linux-image-6.2.0-20-generic (6.2.0-20.20) . Setting up linux-headers-6.2.0-20-generic (6.2.0-20.20) . /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms: * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.2.0-20-generic Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der Building module: Cleaning build area. make -j4 KERNELRELEASE=6.2.0-20-generic all INCLUDEDIR=/lib/modules/6.2.0-20-generic/build/include KVERSION=6.2.0-20-generic DKMS_BUILD=1. (bad exit status: 2) ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for evdi: 1.12.0 not found Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.2.0-20-generic (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.12.0/build/make.log for more information. Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall. Refer to previous errors for more information. . fail! run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11 dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-6.2.0-20-generic (--configure): installed linux-headers-6.2.0-20-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic: linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-6.2.0-20-generic; however: Package linux-headers-6.2.0-20-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic: linux-generic depends on linux-headers-generic (= 6.2.0.20.20); however: Package linux-headers-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for linux-image-6.2.0-20-generic (6.2.0-20.20) . /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms: * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.2.0-20-generic Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der Building module: Cleaning build area. make -j4 KERNELRELEASE=6.2.0-20-generic all INCLUDEDIR=/lib/modules/6.2.0-20-generic/build/include KVERSION=6.2.0-20-generic DKMS_BUILD=1. (bad exit status: 2) ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for evdi: 1.12.0 not found Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.2.0-20-generic (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.12.0/build/make.log for more information. Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall. Refer to previous errors for more information. . fail! run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11 dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.2.0-20-generic (--configure): installed linux-image-6.2.0-20-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-headers-6.2.0-20-generic linux-headers-generic linux-generic linux-image-6.2.0-20-generic 

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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic

I ran out of inodes during an update which I think resulted in unmet dependencies. The system recommended I issue ‘apt-get -f install’ to fix. However I could not issue the command because of lack of inodes. It turned out that there were many older versions of linux-headers and linux-image. I manually deleted:

$ sudo rm -rf /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-65* 

$ sudo apt-get -f install Reading package lists. Done Building dependency tree Reading state information. Done Correcting dependencies. Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-3.2.0-118-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-83-generic linux-image-3.2.0-94-generic linux-image-3.2.0-89-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-99-generic linux-image-3.2.0-121-generic linux-image-3.2.0-116-generic unattended-upgrades linux-headers-3.2.0-110-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-70-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-65-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-91-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-86-generic linux-image-3.2.0-97-generic python-pycurl linux-image-3.2.0-119-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-113-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-70 linux-headers-3.2.0-65 linux-headers-3.2.0-72 linux-headers-3.2.0-68 linux-headers-3.2.0-74 linux-headers-3.2.0-69 linux-headers-3.2.0-80 linux-headers-3.2.0-75 linux-headers-3.2.0-76 linux-headers-3.2.0-82 linux-headers-3.2.0-77 linux-headers-3.2.0-83 linux-headers-3.2.0-84 linux-headers-3.2.0-79 linux-headers-3.2.0-90 linux-headers-3.2.0-85 linux-headers-3.2.0-91 linux-headers-3.2.0-86 linux-headers-3.2.0-92 linux-headers-3.2.0-87 linux-headers-3.2.0-93 linux-headers-3.2.0-88 linux-headers-3.2.0-94 linux-headers-3.2.0-89 linux-headers-3.2.0-95 linux-headers-3.2.0-96 linux-headers-3.2.0-97 linux-headers-3.2.0-98 linux-headers-3.2.0-99 linux-headers-3.2.0-68-generic linux-image-3.2.0-84-generic python-cheetah linux-headers-3.2.0-94-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-89-generic linux-image-3.2.0-111-generic linux-image-3.2.0-106-generic python-software-properties linux-headers-3.2.0-121-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-116-generic python-oauth linux-headers-3.2.0-76-generic linux-image-3.2.0-92-generic linux-image-3.2.0-87-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-97-generic linux-image-3.2.0-109-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-119-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-84-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-79-generic linux-image-3.2.0-101-generic linux-image-3.2.0-95-generic python-paramiko linux-headers-3.2.0-111-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-106-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-92-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-87-generic linux-image-3.2.0-104-generic linux-image-3.2.0-98-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-109-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-74-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-69-generic linux-image-3.2.0-90-generic linux-image-3.2.0-85-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-95-generic linux-image-3.2.0-107-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-101-generic python-boto linux-headers-3.2.0-82-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-77-generic python-configobj linux-image-3.2.0-93-generic linux-image-3.2.0-88-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-98-generic linux-image-3.2.0-120-generic linux-image-3.2.0-115-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-104-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-90-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-85-generic linux-image-3.2.0-102-generic python-m2crypto linux-image-3.2.0-96-generic linux-image-3.2.0-118-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-107-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-72-generic euca2ools linux-image-3.2.0-83-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-93-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-88-generic linux-image-3.2.0-110-generic linux-image-3.2.0-99-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-101 linux-headers-3.2.0-102 linux-headers-3.2.0-104 linux-headers-3.2.0-110 linux-headers-3.2.0-111 linux-headers-3.2.0-106 linux-headers-3.2.0-107 linux-headers-3.2.0-113 linux-headers-3.2.0-109 linux-headers-3.2.0-120 linux-headers-3.2.0-115 linux-headers-3.2.0-121 linux-headers-3.2.0-116 linux-headers-3.2.0-118 linux-headers-3.2.0-119 linux-headers-3.2.0-120-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-115-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-80-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-75-generic python-crypto linux-image-3.2.0-91-generic linux-image-3.2.0-86-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-96-generic linux-image-3.2.0-113-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-102-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: linux-generic linux-headers-generic The following packages will be upgraded: linux-generic linux-headers-generic 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 26 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 4,282 B of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://mirror.rackspace.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main linux-generic amd64 3.2.0.124.139 [1,718 B] Get:2 http://mirror.rackspace.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main linux-headers-generic amd64 3.2.0.124.139 [2,564 B] Fetched 4,282 B in 0s (180 kB/s) dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic: linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-3.2.0-123-generic; however: Package linux-headers-3.2.0-123-generic is not installed. dpkg: error processing linux-headers-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic: linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 3.2.0.123.138); however: Version of linux-image-generic on system is 3.2.0.124.139. linux-generic depends on linux-headers-generic (= 3.2.0.123.138); however: Package linux-headers-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Errors were encountered while processing: linux-headers-generic linux-generic E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) 

My guess is that 3.2.0.123 somehow got corrupted while I was making space in disk and needs to get re-installed. However I’m no expert and don’t want to make the problem worse. Can someone help me sort this out? Thanks in advance, Jose Ambros-Ingerson

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Why are there so many «linux-» kernel packages on my machine, and what do they all do?

My question is, why are there so many different kernel packages, often for the same version number (e.g., 3.5.0-24), and what are the differences between them?

Edit to deduplicate: This question is not asking about the differences between generic, server, and virtual kernel packages; instead, it is asking about what all of those packages (as well as the ones in the list) are.

This question and askubuntu.com/questions/175495 are quite (obviously) different. As one can also see from the quite different answers. It’s a valid question in its own right. Please de-duplicate.

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A kernel image package is related to the kernel image and modules which are loaded when your OS is booted. A header package provide files that are necessary to build out-of-tree kernel modules and/ or some other programs from source.

linux-image-generic

Usually you install the linux-image-generic package. That is a meta-package that does not ship any files itself. Instead, it depends on the latest kernel version provided by Ubuntu, for example linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic . This package is needed to receive kernel updates.

linux-headers-generic

A similar story holds for the linux-headers-generic package. You need to install this package if you use external kernel modules such as proprietary video drivers. The linux-generic package is a meta-package that ensures that both the linux-headers-generic and linux-image-generic packages are installed.

-generic-pae

linux-image-extra-*

This package was introduced with Ubuntu 12.10 and provides additional kernel modules (drivers). See What is the linux-image-extra package for and do I need it?.

Why multiple linux packages with the different version numbers?

The kernel is a critical piece of your system. Newer kernel versions may introduce a bug that make you unable to start your system successfully. With multiple kernels installed simultaneously, you can change the kernel version in the boot menu.

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