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initramfs-tools package

package linux-firmware 1.187.12 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1927500 reported by aebacon on 2021-05-06

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

Ubuntu Ver. 20.04 LTS

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.187.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-72.80-generic 5.4.101
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-72-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.17
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: abacon 2023 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: abacon 2023 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Thu May 6 09:21:21 2021
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=41f89867-56b0-4c8e-864c-c2be78496c3b
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-11 (1789 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-72-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash
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 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc N/A
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-firmware 1.187.12 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/27/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: FB
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: F2A78M-D3H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrFB:bd04/27/2015:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnF2A78M-D3H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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aebacon (abacon72) wrote on 2021-05-06:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (44.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AptOrdering.txt Edit (970 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (80.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (737 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (80.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (2.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (5.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (468 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (543 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (37.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci-vt.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (769 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-t.txt Edit (894 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-v.txt Edit (28.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (5.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (3.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (6.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (170.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (224.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
acpidump.txt Edit (214.2 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.