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initramfs-tools package

package linux-image-5.4.0-33-lowlatency 5.4.0-33.37 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1

Bug #1881100 reported by Dan Lannom on 2020-05-28

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #798414: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error message when there isn't enough free space--or provide an automatic tool for removal of old files. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

boot volume ran out of space. There was no warning prior to the fail. Nothing important crashed and apt-get autoremove resolved problem for now.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-image-5.4.0-33-lowlatency 5.4.0-33.37
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-31.35-lowlatency 5.4.34
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-31-lowlatency x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: dlannom 4213 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC2: dlannom 4213 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: dlannom 4213 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Thu May 28 06:16:10 2020
ErrorMessage: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-05 (23 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
IwConfig:
enp7s0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EX58-UD4P
ProcFB: 0 amdgpudrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-31-lowlatency root=UUID=7a86a84c-dcf7-490d-810c-352b13d9c873 ro
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.2, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26
RfKill:

SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-image-5.4.0-33-lowlatency 5.4.0-33.37 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)
dmi.bios.date: 03/11/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F13
dmi.board.name: EX58-UD4P
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF13:bd03/11/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnEX58-UD4P:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnEX58-UD4P:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: EX58-UD4P
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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Dan Lannom (dlannom) wrote on 2020-05-28:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (55.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AptOrdering.txt Edit (694 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (468 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (251.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (698 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (251.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (230.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (6.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (67.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci-vt.txt Edit (4.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (1011 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-t.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-v.txt Edit (49.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (7.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (966 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (6.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (251.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (2.3 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2023-08-14:

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 798414, 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.