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package linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess neues pre-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück

Bug #1069549 reported by Dominik Boehi on 2012-10-21

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1160346: do-release-upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 on Pentium-M fails, breaks system without any warning (This kernel does not support a non-PAE CPU). Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

During the upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10, the package linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic could not be installed.

According to the error message it is because this kernel does not support a non-PAE cpu.

I would expect a warning before upgrading that my computer can't run the new 12.10 kernel so one could stop the upgrade.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic 3.2.30
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
AptOrdering:
linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic: Install
linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic: Configure
linux-image-extra-3.5.0-17-generic: Configure
linux-image-generic: Configure
linux-generic: Configure
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: dominik 2597 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Sun Oct 21 23:25:12 2012
DpkgTerminalLog:
Entpacken von linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic (aus .../linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic_3.5.0-17.28_i386.deb) ...
This kernel does not support a non-PAE CPU.
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic_3.5.0-17.28_i386.deb (--unpack):
Unterprozess neues pre-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
ErrorMessage: Unterprozess neues pre-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
HibernationDevice: RESUME=/dev/sda5
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
MachineType: FUJITSU SIEMENS LIFEBOOK E8010 INT
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic root=UUID=7684c5af-d549-468a-97e3-1ffe893a5649 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.00-7ubuntu11
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess neues pre-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-21 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/01/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: FUJITSU // Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
dmi.bios.version: Version 1.10
dmi.board.name: FJNB185
dmi.board.vendor: FUJITSU
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
dmi.chassis.version: E8010
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnFUJITSU//PhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvrVersion1.10:bd11/01/2004:svnFUJITSUSIEMENS:pnLIFEBOOKE8010INT:pvr:rvnFUJITSU:rnFJNB185:rvr:cvnFUJITSUSIEMENS:ct10:cvrE8010:
dmi.product.name: LIFEBOOK E8010 INT
dmi.sys.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS

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Dominik Boehi (dboehi) wrote on 2012-10-21:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (18.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (123.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (257 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (123.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (408 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (123.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (543 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (14.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (389 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PccardctlIdent.txt Edit (113 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PccardctlStatus.txt Edit (59 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (546 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RfKill.txt Edit (112 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (106.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (248.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (307.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Brad Figg (brad-figg) on 2012-10-21

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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phobie (phobie) wrote on 2012-10-22:

"This kernel does not support a non-PAE CPU."
Ubuntu dropped support for non-PAE CPUs with 12.10.
They suggest to use 12.04 on such hardware.
It is possible to use a 12.04 kernel on a 12.10 system or to compile your own kernel without PEA support.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnablingPAE

IMHO a better solution would have been to add a new linux-generic-nonpae package to the main repository.
Now someone needs to set up a PPA...

On my very old Pentium-III-500MHz PAE is supported, but on my much newer Pentium-M-1.8GHz it is not!

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Ads20000 (ads20000) wrote on 2012-11-02:

It is possible to run a 12.04 (3.2.0) kernel on a 12.10 (needs 3.5.0) system but it breaks your package manager and you can't install security updates or uninstall or install packages which is a nuisance and a security risk. I would recommend sticking to 12.04 because it is LTS (you get support on your new PC until 2017!) however I personally am rather annoyed that Lubuntu won't support non-PAE because I expect that most old PCs that Lubuntu is aiming at can't support 12.10 so unless if they provide the non-PAE kernel they will have no market.