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initramfs-tools package

package linux-firmware 1.187.2 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1889343 reported by Evan on 2020-07-29

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #798414: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error message when there isn't enough free space--or provide an automatic tool for removal of old files. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

sudo apt autoremove will not remove anything from /boot and says error. Cannot update because /boot is full.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.187.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
AptOrdering: NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1: evan 1729 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: evan 1729 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Tue Jul 28 21:33:38 2020
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a843350f-5ce1-47bc-9cc4-b6a805932a8b
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-23 (1374 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
MachineType: LENOVO 20266
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-42-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root 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.
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.2, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18rc1, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-firmware 1.187.2 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-07 (82 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/25/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 76CN35WW
dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Yoga2
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: 31900058STD
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr76CN35WW:bd03/25/2014:svnLENOVO:pn20266:pvrLenovoYoga2Pro:rvnLENOVO:rnYoga2:rvr31900058STD:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoYoga2Pro:
dmi.product.family: IDEAPAD
dmi.product.name: 20266
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20266
dmi.product.version: Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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Evan (renck-evan) wrote on 2020-07-29:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (44.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (454 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (110.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (635 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (110.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (21.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (545 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (504 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (17.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci-vt.txt Edit (834 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (531 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-t.txt Edit (671 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-v.txt Edit (50.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (4.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (7.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RfKill.txt Edit (246 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (188.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (323.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2023-08-14:

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 798414, 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.