Unattended upgrade failed after full /boot partition. Creating disk-space by deleting old kernels with the recommended command
sudo apt-get purge linux-image-x.x.x-x-generic
does not work and gives the following reason:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic but it is not going to be installed
linux-image-server : Depends: linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic but it is not going to be installed
linux-server : Depends: linux-headers-server (= 3.2.0.38.46) but 3.2.0.40.48 is to be installed
(I created space on /boot by rm old kernel images)
All suggestions and solutions offered on the questions APT wedged by kernel version mismatch and https://askubuntu.com/questions/166622/error-sub-process-usr-bin-dpkg-returned-an-error-code-1-while-running-sudo-ap?rq=1 do not work, giving the same unmet dependencies.
server:~$ uname -r
3.2.0-40-generic
So kernel is version 40.
server:~$ sudo dpkg --list 'linux-image*'
||/ Name Version Description
+++-====================-============================================================================
un linux-image <none> (no description available)
un linux-image-3.0 <none> (no description available)
ii linux-image-3.2.0-23 3.2.0-23.36 Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.2.0-36 3.2.0-36.57 Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.2.0-37 3.2.0-37.58 Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
un linux-image-3.2.0-38 <none> (no description available)
ii linux-image-3.2.0-40 3.2.0-40.64 Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
iU linux-image-generic 3.2.0.38.46 Generic Linux kernel image
iU linux-image-server 3.2.0.38.46 Linux kernel image on Server Equipment.
kernel 38 is missing, but last two images refer to version 38
server:~$ sudo apt-cache policy linux-server
linux-server:
Installed: 3.2.0.38.46
Candidate: 3.2.0.40.48
Version table:
3.2.0.40.48 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages
*** 3.2.0.38.46 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.2.0.23.25 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
Now I'm confused. booting into an older kernel 37 gives the same unmet depedencies. Trying in a desperate attempt to force the install of the 38 kernel fails:
server:~$ sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite linux-image-generic_3.2.0.38.46_amd64.deb
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic; however:
Package linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic is not installed.
Using aptitude gives the same problems: although it tries to up/downgrade several packages to resolve the unmet dependencies.
Can anybody help?