When ever I try to install a new Kernel or install any software that requires interaction with my existing kernel (like installing the Nvidia drivers), I always end up with the same error message and my installation fails. There error messages are below:
E: linux-headers-5.15.0-94-generic: installed linux-headers-5.15.0-94-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
E: linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic: installed linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Please note that before attempting to upgrade my kernel, i ensured that I had no package errors by running
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sudo apt install -fBelow is more detailed information about my system:
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archie@M17xR5:~$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System: Kernel: 5.15.0-67-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.7 wm: muffin 5.0.2 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Portable System: Alienware product: Alienware 17 v: A17 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 8 v: A17
serial: <filter>
Mobo: Alienware model: 04WT2G v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Alienware v: A17 date: 07/22/2019
Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 75.1 Wh condition: 75.1/88.8 Wh (85%) volts: 16.4/14.8 model: Simplo PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: Full
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4910MQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell rev: 3 L2 cache: 8192 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 46295
Speed: 3633 MHz min/max: 800/4100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3066 2: 2899 3: 2962 4: 2899 5: 2488 6: 2910 7: 3423
8: 2719
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:0416
Device-2: NVIDIA G92M [GeForce GTX 260M] vendor: Dell driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0618
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.2.6 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:03.0 chip ID: 8086:0c0c
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:8c20
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.15.0-67-generic
Network: Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: alx v: kernel port: 3000
bus ID: 08:00.0 chip ID: 1969:e091
IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: rtl8821au bus ID: 3-4:3 chip ID: 2357:011e
serial: <filter>
IF: wlx30de4b496e60 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.60 TiB used: 841.74 GiB (51.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01ABD100 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm
serial: <filter> rev: 2D scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Crucial model: CT500MX200SSD1 size: 465.76 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: MU01
scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Samsung model: SSD PM851 mSATA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
rev: AD0Q scheme: GPT
RAID: Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: 5060 bus ID: 00:1f.2
chip ID: 8086.282a rev: 05
Partition: ID-1: / size: 95.56 GiB used: 32.34 GiB (33.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc8
ID-2: /home size: 457.38 GiB used: 393.79 GiB (86.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 45 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-beta.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-beta-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-beta.s3.brave.com/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/expressvpn.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/expressvpn.asc] mirror+file:/usr/lib/expressvpn/repo_mirror.list any-version main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/xUbuntu_20.04/ ./
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/dist/linuxmint/packages uma main upstream import backport
2: deb http://ubuntu.task.gda.pl/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://ubuntu.task.gda.pl/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://ubuntu.task.gda.pl/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
Info: Processes: 319 Uptime: 1h 51m Memory: 31.24 GiB used: 4.66 GiB (14.9%) Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 9.4.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 Selecting previously unselected package linux-hwe-5.15-headers-5.15.0-94.
(Reading database ... 344714 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../linux-hwe-5.15-headers-5.15.0-94_5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-hwe-5.15-headers-5.15.0-94 (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-5.15.0-94-generic.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-headers-5.15.0-94-generic_5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-5.15.0-94-generic (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-modules-5.15.0-94-generic.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-modules-5.15.0-94-generic_5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-modules-5.15.0-94-generic (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic_5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-94-generic.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-94-generic_5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-94-generic (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-hwe-5.15-headers-5.15.0-94 (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-headers-5.15.0-94-generic (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.15.0-94-generic
dkms.conf: Error! No 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' directive specified.
dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_NAME' directive specified.
dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_VERSION' directive specified.
Error! Bad conf file.
File:
does not represent a valid dkms.conf file.
...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 8
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-5.15.0-94-generic (--configure):
installed linux-headers-5.15.0-94-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Setting up linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
I: /boot/vmlinuz is now a symlink to vmlinuz-5.15.0-94-generic
I: /boot/initrd.img is now a symlink to initrd.img-5.15.0-94-generic
Setting up linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-94-generic (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-modules-5.15.0-94-generic (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.15.0-94-generic
dkms.conf: Error! No 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' directive specified.
dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_NAME' directive specified.
dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_VERSION' directive specified.
Error! Bad conf file.
File:
does not represent a valid dkms.conf file.
...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 8
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic (--configure):
installed linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-headers-5.15.0-94-generic
linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-headers-5.15.0-94-generic (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.15.0-94-generic
dkms.conf: Error! No 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' directive specified.
dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_NAME' directive specified.
dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_VERSION' directive specified.
Error! Bad conf file.
File:
does not represent a valid dkms.conf file.
...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 8
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-5.15.0-94-generic (--configure):
installed linux-headers-5.15.0-94-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic (5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.15.0-94-generic
dkms.conf: Error! No 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' directive specified.
dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_NAME' directive specified.
dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_VERSION' directive specified.
Error! Bad conf file.
File:
does not represent a valid dkms.conf file.
...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 8
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic (--configure):
installed linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-headers-5.15.0-94-generic
linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic
Any help would be really appreciated as I really want my system updated and working properly.
Thanks in advance.