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initramfs-tools package

package linux-image-4.4.0-130-generic (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1

Bug #1781190 reported by Federico Cupellini on 2018-07-11

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #631167: maverick upgrade error: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/iscan failed with return 1. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

After update from 14.04 to 16.04 I have these unresolved problems. now I'm stuck (can't install, can't remove)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-4.4.0-130-generic (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-132.181-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-132-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: federico 2300 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Wed Jul 11 12:27:07 2018
ErrorMessage: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8c867cd3-0494-4dd0-9e20-8c9f6157e50e
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-19 (1544 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
IwConfig:
tun0 no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-132-generic root=UUID=6ddc2dc2-d8c8-4939-8564-b760952c2067 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.18
RfKill:

SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-image-4.4.0-130-generic (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-05-18 (53 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/08/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.60
dmi.board.name: H67M
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.60:bd07/08/2011:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnH67M:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

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Federico Cupellini (fedecupe) wrote on 2018-07-11:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (45.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AptOrdering.txt Edit (8.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (390 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (60.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (755 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (62.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (11.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (40.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (27.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (613 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (898 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (4.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (158.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (87.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote on 2018-10-09:

Configurazione di linux-firmware (1.157.20)...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-96-generic
E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/iscan failed with return 1.
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-96-generic with 1.
dpkg: errore nell'elaborare il pacchetto linux-firmware (--configure):
il sottoprocesso installato script di post-installation ha restituito lo stato di errore 1
Configurazione di linux-image-4.4.0-130-generic (4.4.0-130.156)...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
The link /initrd.img is a dangling linkto /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-125-generic
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-130-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-130-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.4.0-130-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-130-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-130-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-130-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-130-generic
E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/iscan failed with return 1.
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-130-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.4.0-130-generic.postinst line 1052.

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

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2023-12-15:

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 631167, 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.