package linux-image-2.6.31-17-generic 2.6.31-17.54 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Alan Haggai Alavi]

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

`lsb_release -rd`:

Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

`apt-cache policy linux-image-2.6.31-17-generic`:

linux-image-2.6.31-17-generic:
  Installed: 2.6.31-17.54
  Candidate: 2.6.31-17.54
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.31-17.54 0
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 7 11:48:32 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-17-generic 2.6.31-17.54
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-image-2.6.31-17-generic 2.6.31-17.54 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The relevant message is "gzip: stdout: No space left on device"
Please free some space an retry the upgrade. I'm closing this report because it is not a bug in Ubuntu.

[mercutio22 (macabro22)]

Hey Jean-Baptiste, This bugs affects me too and I have plenty of space. Can you take a look at my apport info?

[Dpn (dbdouglass)]

This upgrade was originally interrupted by a power failure yesterday (2-10-2010)

[Frankie The Boy (frank-lando)]

i didn't have a power failure and have plenty of space and still got the error