package linux-firmware 20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.12 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Walter]

Apparently the post-install needs tree(1) which I do not have installed.

I wasn't doing anything at the time. Not sure who invoked linux-firmware post-install. I guess the unattended-upgrades.

Walter

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: linux-firmware 20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-60.66-generic 5.15.78
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-60-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4
AptOrdering:
 linux-firmware:amd64: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: walter 4343 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Wed Apr 19 22:22:52 2023
Dependencies: firmware-sof-signed 2.0-1ubuntu4.1
ErrorMessage: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=6f038ef7-c49d-4134-a659-602103fcba2d
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-22 (2066 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9360
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.15.0-60-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/python3.10, Python 3.10.6, python3-minimal, 3.10.6-1~22.04
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.6, python-is-python3, 3.9.2-2
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc N/A
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-firmware 20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.12 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-06-02 (321 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/13/2020
dmi.bios.release: 2.14
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2.14.2
dmi.board.name: 0PF86Y
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.14.2:bd07/13/2020:br2.14:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139360:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0PF86Y:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:sku075B:
dmi.product.family: XPS
dmi.product.name: XPS 13 9360
dmi.product.sku: 075B
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Walter (wdoekes)]

Oh. But https://launchpadlibrarian.net/662036101/DpkgTerminalLog.txt says it's the disk space.

This auto-bug report based on the unattended-upgrades has now wasted both your and my time :(

See also:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1992246
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1977647

I cannot see what I'm reporting. Apport is 90% opaque. First after submitting do I get some clues into what it is reporting. And apparently it's reporting something other than I was looking at in the apport-ui, which was tree(1) not being found.

Annoying... and not satisfactorily explained.

[Walter (wdoekes)]

See:
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/662036095/AlsaInfo.txt

There is the tree(1) error which is the one I saw.

So, that's a bug in the information collection then I guess.

[Walter (wdoekes)]

I don't even know what unattended-upgrades is doing here. Probably got reinstalled by do-release-upgrade :-/

This unattended upgrading causes too many kernels to be installed, filling up the /boot.

And then you get tickets like this:
"I didn't perform any action to get this crash."
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1977647

I guess the bug should be moved to the unattended-upgrades package. Don't do auto-upgrades if there is less than 200MB of space in /boot or a slightly larger amount in /.

[Walter (wdoekes)]

This is not a linux-firmware bug, not an initramfs bug, but a problem caused by unattended-upgrades.