package plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu30 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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casper (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
12.04
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu30
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Nov 11 01:33:13 2012
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/
ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429.4)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 900
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/
Title: package plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu30 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-11-11 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/07/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0802
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: 900
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: 900
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
The error in the log is:
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.99ubuntu13) ... tools/initramfs .conf ... tools/update- initramfs. conf ... img-2.6. 32-45-generic initramfs- tools/hooks/ casper failed with return 1. img-2.6. 32-45-generic with 1.
Installing new version of config file /etc/initramfs-
Installing new version of config file /etc/initramfs-
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
E: /usr/share/
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
This is probably a known (and since-fixed) bug in the casper hook. There is no reason to have the casper package on an installed system unless you're using a live image (which doesn't appear to be the case here); you should be able to work around this by removing the casper package.