How to solve apt-errors encoutered while processing linux-image-2.6.35-31-generic-pae?

Question

Please anybody! help me remove this problem. am using ubuntu 11.04. i have tried all things!!

hillary@Mobile:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for hillary: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-image-2.6.35-31-generic-pae
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 40 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 108 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 644201 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-image-2.6.35-31-generic-pae ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.35-31-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-31-generic-pae
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 2.6.35-31-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-31-generic-pae
/etc/default/grub: 11: splash: not found
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 127
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.35-31-generic-pae.postrm line 328.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.35-31-generic-pae (--remove):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.35-31-generic-pae
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
hillary@Mobile:~$