package initramfs-tools 0.98.1ubuntu6 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Punksmurf]

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

1) Release:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

2) Version of package:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy upgrade
N: Unable to locate package upgrade

3) Expectation: having an up-to-date system

4) What happend instead: this and another bug (will file after this is done)

Reproduction:

Clean live USB install with persistent storage (3GB).
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update

up till then no problems

sudo apt-get upgrade

After which I get the bug notifications.

Sorry for not being able to provide more information, I am not what you call quite at home with Linux. Just trying to get the FGLRX driver installed by following a plethora of how-to's and alternations and combinations. All of which result in one or more bugs, which I will report from here on in the hope that it helps.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: initramfs-tools 0.98.1ubuntu6 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 19 00:39:13 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.98.1ubuntu6 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[maximilian attems (maks-debian)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we cannot work on this bug because
this specific crash is due to your installation not having not enough
space.

Please migrate to a bigger usb stick.

[Punksmurf (punksmurfje)]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but it's reporting that there's still 2GB of free space. Before it was going to install, it told me it would require a few megabytes (I believe less than 100) of extra space. Also, I can't find anything relating to the required space in the submitted logs though I might have missed it. Searched for 'space' and 'bytes'.

As said, I'm not very apt with Linux and all so I'll just take your word for it, but I would like it if you could point me in the right direction.

I do have another 8GB stick, would that work?

[Daeng Bo (daengbo)]

Same problem -- 820MB free space reported in the persistence file using "df"

[Daeng Bo (daengbo)]

see also
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/665795
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/663130
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/663596

Mine was while trying to enable hardware (BCM4322)