package linux-image-5.0.0-11-generic 5.0.0-11.12 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned

[Daniel Holbach]

Upgrade from cosmic to disco.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: linux-image-5.0.0-11-generic 5.0.0-11.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-17.18-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: daniel 3431 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Tue Apr 16 09:01:08 2019
ErrorMessage: triggers looping, abandoned
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-14 (366 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180409)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0489:e0a2 Foxconn / Hon Hai
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:58f4 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9370
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-17-generic root=UUID=0af0a12d-3b1e-4708-89c4-73f666ddc618 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
PulseList:
 Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
 No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.7, Python 3.7.3, python3-minimal, 3.7.3-1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.16, python-minimal, 2.7.16-1
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.02+dfsg1-12ubuntu2
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-5.0.0-11-generic 5.0.0-11.12 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-16 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/21/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.2.1
dmi.board.name: 0F6P3V
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.2.1:bd02/21/2018:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139370:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0F6P3V:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.family: XPS
dmi.product.name: XPS 13 9370
dmi.product.sku: 07E6
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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[Seth Forshee (sforshee)]

There should have been some output about the triggers involved in the loop; did you capture that? If not you might find it in /var/log/apt/term.log.

My suspicion is that the problem lies in some other package's triggers since the kernel triggers haven't changes since cosmic.

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers:
 chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible:
  libgtk2.0-0:amd64 -> libc-bin
 packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable:
  linux-image-5.0.0-11-generic: linux-update-5.0.0-11-generic
  install-info: /usr/share/info
  sgml-base: /usr/share/xml: update-sgmlcatalog: /etc/sgml: /usr/share/sgml
  shared-mime-info: /usr/share/mime/packages
  dbus: /etc/dbus-1/system.d
  ca-certificates: update-ca-certificates
  systemd: /etc/init.d
  libc-bin: ldconfig
  libgtk2.0-0:amd64: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules
  dictionaries-common: update-default-ispell: update-default-wordlist: aspell-autobuildhash
  cups: /usr/share/cups/ppd-updaters
  hicolor-icon-theme: /usr/share/icons/hicolor
  initramfs-tools: update-initramfs
  mime-support: /usr/share/applications: /usr/lib/mime/packages
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-5.0.0-11-generic (--configure):
 triggers looping, abandoned

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