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initramfs-tools package

package linux-firmware 1.187.29 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1970070 reported by D Tanski on 2022-04-24

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

4/23/2022: did apt-get update followed by apt-get dist-upgrade and this is what happened.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.187.29
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-35.40~20.04.1-generic 5.13.19
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-35-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.23
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: gdm 2568 F.... pulseaudio
zepcom 10571 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Sat Apr 23 21:07:40 2022
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13d3:56a8 IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0026 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X513EQ_S513EQ
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/BOOT/ubuntu_5lwshk@/vmlinuz-5.13.0-35-generic root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_5lwshk ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
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 3.8.10, 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 2.04-1ubuntu26.15
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-firmware 1.187.29 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: 04/08/2021
dmi.bios.release: 5.19
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends International, LLC.
dmi.bios.version: X513EQ.305
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: X513EQ
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInternational,LLC.:bvrX513EQ.305:bd04/08/2021:br5.19:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnVivoBook_ASUSLaptopX513EQ_S513EQ:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnX513EQ:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:sku:
dmi.product.family: VivoBook
dmi.product.name: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X513EQ_S513EQ
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

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D Tanski (zepcom) wrote on 2022-04-24:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (62.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AptOrdering.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (2.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (111.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (111.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (19.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (12.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (507 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (40.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci-vt.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-t.txt Edit (392 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-v.txt Edit (40.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (13.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (9.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (10.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RfKill.txt Edit (241 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (261.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (220.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
acpidump.txt Edit (2.2 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2022-06-23

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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.