release upgrade doesn't properly calculate free space needed for /boot
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Brian Murray |
Bug Description
Hi,
I'm upgrading from to the latest Kubuntu release and the installer prompted me to raise a bug report when it got to configuring the linux-image package.
I know what's happend - I've only got a ~100Mb boot partition and I've got a couple of kernel images installed already so there just isn't space to install the new image.
Further information requested:
1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu
Ubuntu 13.04 (upgrading from latest 12.10)
2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center
linux-image-
3) What you expected to happen
Expected installer to check the required disk space before beginnning the upgrade process and refuse to install or for the package installation to fail with a less serious message. Would be even nicer if the upgrader offered to resize the boot partition to be a bit larger or if the kernel-image package didn't keep so many old versions of itself installed
4) What happened instead
At the moment I get a message saying something like "package failed to install, please consider raising a bug report" -- I can't see the exact message as I'm half way through the upgrade and the KDE window manager seems to have disapeared...
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ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-05 (296 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423)
MarkForUpload: True
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: ubuntu-
ProcVersionSign
Tags: raring dist-upgrade
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-27 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom davfs2 dialout dip lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare staff sudo www-data
summary: |
- kernel-image package doesn't check free space on /boot + release upgrade doesn't properly calculate free space need for /boot |
summary: |
- release upgrade doesn't properly calculate free space need for /boot + release upgrade doesn't properly calculate free space needed for /boot |
Hi Geoff,
it is clear what you mean.
It is not really necessary in your case, but if you whant to help you may be follow this text:
Hi Geoff,
sorry for the inconvenience. Those problems are very neasty.
Unfortunately, a little more help from you ins needed.
Please use
apport-collect 1173468
from command line to bring up all needed informations/logs here. Without them the developers of ubunut- release- upgrader are not able to work on this report.
If apport collect is disclaiming about missing libraries, please install them and rerun the command until all works.
In meantime I set the status of the report to incomplete. When you have brought up the needed information, please set the status of the report back to new. This will bring progress in the fixing process.
greetings
melchiaros
P.S:
If and only if it not possible to get it managed with apport-collect you can also bring up the logs manually from
/var/log/ dist-upgrade
folder.
Please attach them one by one here(this is important). For the apt-clone file in the log folder you need root proviledges to upload it. This is one of the causes why it is better to use apport-collect.
BTW: It is recommend for futhur reports to use the command
ubuntu-bug <PACKAGENAME>
for reporting. This will bring up all needed information up in the first reporting step. -> Less work for all.