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initramfs-tools package

package linux-image-4.13.0-26-generic 4.13.0-26.29~16.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1

Bug #1742573 reported by chrbau on 2018-01-10

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1605941: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/udev fails if /etc/udev/rules.d contains directories. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Fully encrypted system with separate encrypted /home partition.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-4.13.0-26-generic 4.13.0-26.29~16.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jan 11 06:08:19 2018
ErrorMessage: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-image-4.13.0-26-generic 4.13.0-26.29~16.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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chrbau (christian-baumgartner-d) wrote on 2018-01-10:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (981 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (62.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (8.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (5.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (136.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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chrbau (christian-baumgartner-d) wrote on 2018-02-27:

Because of that problem I could not only not upgrade the kernel but couldn't install any software at all.

In my case the problem was caused by a missing udev rule in /etc/udev/rules.d/. I created the rule when trying to run a windows installation on a second hd with Virtual Box. Because that didn't come to work, I deleted the rule again. I don't now why but the system was trying to copy this rule during the process of upgrading the kernel. Since I deleted the file, the process of upgrading failed. I tried to find out, where this rule was still linked so that I could remove the link and the system wouldn't want to copy this rule anymore, but I couldn't find out where that was. But restoring the rule did it for me and the system is upgrading fine again.

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2023-12-15:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1605941, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.