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package linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp 3.2.0-24.37 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Bug #988957 reported by maarten derksen on 2012-04-26

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #958839: Initrd/vmlinux symbloic links not in /boot directory on PowerPC. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

updating powerpc kernel fails because of missing dependencies

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp 3.2.0-24.37
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-powerpc64-smp 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-powerpc64-smp ppc64
AcpiTables:

AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
AplayDevices:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SoundByLayout [SoundByLayout], device 0: Master []
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: powerpc
ArecordDevices:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SoundByLayout [SoundByLayout], device 0: Master []
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: felix 1563 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'SoundByLayout'/'SoundByLayout'
   Mixer name : 'SoundByLayout'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 16
   Simple ctrls : 15
Date: Thu Apr 26 17:34:36 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
PciMultimedia:

ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=680d548d-5f84-4345-b955-fa6482beb86e ro ramdisk_size=8192
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc N/A
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
StagingDrivers: zram
Title: package linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp 3.2.0-24.37 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
WifiSyslog:
Apr 26 17:26:56 felix-desktop wpa_supplicant[1143]: WPA: Group rekeying completed with bc:05:43:47:55:95 [GTK=TKIP]
Apr 26 17:30:45 felix-desktop NetworkManager[762]: <info> kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed
Apr 26 17:31:11 felix-desktop NetworkManager[762]: <info> kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed

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maarten derksen (derxen) wrote on 2012-04-26:

AlsaDevices.txt Edit (329 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AptOrdering.txt Edit (221 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (37.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (257 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Amixer.values.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (329 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (38.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (64.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (509 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (446 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (544 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (16.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (746 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (446 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (128.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (252.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Brad Figg (brad-figg) on 2012-04-26

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-04-26

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) wrote on 2012-04-26:

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 linux (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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maarten derksen (derxen) wrote on 2012-04-26:

Thanks Joseph. I tried what you suggested, but the problem remains. This is the full error message:

Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp (3.2.0-24.37) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
cp: cannot stat `/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp': No such file or directory
Failed to copy /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp to /boot/initrd.img .
dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp (3.2.0-24.37) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
cp: cannot stat `/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp': No such file or directory
Failed to copy /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp to /boot/initrd.img .
dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-powerpc-smp:
linux-image-powerpc-smp depends on linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp; however:
  Package linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-powerpc-smp (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-powerpc64-smp:
linux-image-powerpc64-smp depends on linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp; however:
  Package linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-powerpc64-smp (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-powerpc-smp:
linux-powerpc-smp depends on linux-image-powerpc-smp (= 3.2.0.24.26); however:
  Package linux-image-powerpc-smp is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-powerpc-smp (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-powerpc64-smp:
linux-powerpc64-smp depends on linux-image-powerpc64-smp (= 3.2.0.24.26); however:
  Package linux-image-powerpc64-smp is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-powerpc64-smp (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp
linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp
linux-image-powerpc-smp
linux-image-powerpc64-smp
linux-powerpc-smp
linux-powerpc64-smp
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Thanks Joseph. I tried what you suggested, but the problem remains. This is the full error message:

Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp (3.2.0-24.37) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
cp: cannot stat `/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp': No such file or directory
Failed to copy /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp to /boot/initrd.img .
dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp (3.2.0-24.37) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
cp: cannot stat `/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp': No such file or directory
Failed to copy /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp to /boot/initrd.img .
dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-powerpc-smp:
 linux-image-powerpc-smp depends on linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp; however:
  Package linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-powerpc-smp (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-powerpc64-smp:
 linux-image-powerpc64-smp depends on linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp; however:
  Package linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-powerpc64-smp (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-powerpc-smp:
 linux-powerpc-smp depends on linux-image-powerpc-smp (= 3.2.0.24.26); however:
  Package linux-image-powerpc-smp is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-powerpc-smp (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-powerpc64-smp:
 linux-powerpc64-smp depends on linux-image-powerpc64-smp (= 3.2.0.24.26); however:
  Package linux-image-powerpc64-smp is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-powerpc64-smp (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc-smp
 linux-image-3.2.0-24-powerpc64-smp
 linux-image-powerpc-smp
 linux-image-powerpc64-smp
 linux-powerpc-smp
 linux-powerpc64-smp
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Confirmed

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