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initramfs-tools package

package linux-image-5.14.0-1033-oem 5.14.0-1033.36 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1

Bug #1969475 reported by Bonnie Grubbs on 2022-04-19

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

Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.14.0-1032-oem
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.14.0-1032-oem
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.14.0-1031-oem
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.14.0-1031-oem
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings
done
Processing triggers for linux-image-5.14.0-1033-oem (5.14.0-1033.36) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.14.0-1033-oem
...done.
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.14.0-1033-oem
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2
I: (/dev/mapper/vgubuntu-swap_1)
I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
xz: (stdout): Write error: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure xz --check=crc32 --threads=0 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.14.0-1033-oem with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-5.14.0-1033-oem (--configure):
installed linux-image-5.14.0-1033-oem package post-installation script subprocess returned error ex
it status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-5.14.0-1033-oem
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-image-5.14.0-1033-oem 5.14.0-1033.36
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-39.44~20.04.1-generic 5.13.19
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.23
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Tue Apr 19 08:07:10 2022
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
# This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs
# For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
canonical-oem-somerville-focal-amd64-20200502-85+fossa-varys+X54
ErrorMessage: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-11 (39 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20200502-05:58
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
apt 2.0.6
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-image-5.14.0-1033-oem 5.14.0-1033.36 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Bonnie Grubbs (bgrubbs4) wrote on 2022-04-19:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (223.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (10.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (13.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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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 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.