package initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu9 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Aleksiy]

Error due to update

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu9 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-9.16-generic-pae 3.2.1
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-9-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.304
Date: Sat Feb 4 17:37:00 2012
DuplicateSignature:
 Setting up initramfs-tools (0.99ubuntu9) ...
 update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
 lzma: (stdout): Write error: No space left on device
 dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120120)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu9 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-04 (0 days ago)

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

You may need to run the following:

sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

Then re-install the package.

If that does not resolve your issue, please mark the bug as "Confirmed"

[Aleksiy (aleksiyi)]

What do you mean - "Then re-install the package." ?

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Joseph Salisbury <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> You may need to run the following:
>
> sudo apt-get install -f
> sudo apt-get clean
> sudo apt-get update
>
> Then re-install the package.
>
> If that does not resolve your issue, please mark the bug as "Confirmed"
>
> ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/926916
>
> Title:
> package initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu9 [modified: usr/sbin/update-
> initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-
> installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Error due to update
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu9 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs]
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-9.16-generic-pae 3.2.1
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-9-generic-pae i686
> ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: i386
> CasperVersion: 1.304
> Date: Sat Feb 4 17:37:00 2012
> DuplicateSignature:
> Setting up initramfs-tools (0.99ubuntu9) ...
> update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
> lzma: (stdout): Write error: No space left on device
> dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
> ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
> error exit status 1
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386
> (20120120)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
> Title: package initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu9 [modified:
> usr/sbin/update-initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed
> post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-04 (0 days ago)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
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>

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Actually the issue here is that you've run out of space in your root partition on your persistent media. The command 'sudo apt-get clean' may help resolve this issue by cleaning up packages you've downloaded and already installed.

[Aleksiy (aleksiyi)]

No, it does not help.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Brian Murray <email address hidden> wrote:

> Actually the issue here is that you've run out of space in your root
> partition on your persistent media. The command 'sudo apt-get clean'
> may help resolve this issue by cleaning up packages you've downloaded
> and already installed.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/926916
>
> Title:
> package initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu9 [modified: usr/sbin/update-
> initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-
> installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Error due to update
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu9 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs]
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-9.16-generic-pae 3.2.1
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-9-generic-pae i686
> ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: i386
> CasperVersion: 1.304
> Date: Sat Feb 4 17:37:00 2012
> DuplicateSignature:
> Setting up initramfs-tools (0.99ubuntu9) ...
> update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
> lzma: (stdout): Write error: No space left on device
> dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
> ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
> error exit status 1
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386
> (20120120)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
> Title: package initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu9 [modified:
> usr/sbin/update-initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed
> post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-04 (0 days ago)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/926916/+subscriptions
>

[Tom Fields (udzelem)]

This can be reproduced when creating a bootable USB pen drive image using Ubuntu package UNetbootin.
Tested with latest Ubuntu Precise Beta2 i386 desktop CD image.

However, I am not sure if this is possibly a bug of Ubuntu package "unetbootin" instead of "initramfs-tools".

It is a severe problem when using an Ubuntu live-disk as a rescue system for systems using Linux
logical volume management (lvm), as I had to find out the hard way.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a bootable USB installation, using "unetbootin", of abovementioned
Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Beta2 CD image,
setting the persistend storage file size to a nonzero value, e.g. 3GB for a 4GB USB drive.

2. Boot from the freshly created USB drive installation and start a root terminal.

3. Install some package that triggers the update-initramfs trigger; e.g.:
    apt-get update && apt-get install lvm2

4. dpkg fails with "lzma: (stdout): Write error: No space left on device".

Now the package management is in an inconsistent, broken state.
No further package updates/removals are possible.