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initramfs-tools package

package linux-firmware 1.157.11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1700211 reported by Prakash on 2017-06-24

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1658352: package initramfs-tools or linux-image-*-generic failed to install/upgrade: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/casper-memdisk failed with return 1.. Edit Remove

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	casper (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned
	initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Unable to upgrade

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.157.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-121.170-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-121-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 24 09:21:25 2017
Dependencies:

DistributionChannelDescriptor:
# This is a distribution channel descriptor
# For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
canonical-oem-somerville-trusty-amd64-20140620-0
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-19 (124 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20140620-04:25
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-firmware 1.157.11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-06-24 (0 days ago)

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Prakash (prakash-bhaskaran) wrote on 2017-06-24:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (117.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (584 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (226.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (134.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (204.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (421 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (22.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2017-06-24

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Seth Forshee (sforshee) wrote on 2017-06-27:

E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/casper-memdisk failed with return 1.

This seems to be related to an initramfs hook for casper, so marking this bug as also affecting casper.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2017-08-01:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in casper (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2023-07-25:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1658352, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.