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initramfs-tools package

package linux-firmware 1.187.2 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1889442 reported by Miser on 2020-07-29

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

The machine is a virtual machine in Virtualbox 6.1.12 with a Windows 10 Pro 1903 host.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.187.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: zenmiser 2402 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Wed Jul 29 19:07:25 2020
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-06-28 (31 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.

enp0s3 no wireless extensions.
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Lsusb-t:
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/6p, 5000M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/8p, 480M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcFB: 0 svgadrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/BOOT/ubuntu_a7m4fw@/vmlinuz-5.4.0-42-generic root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_a7m4fw ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
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-firmware 1.187.2 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.board.name: VirtualBox
dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation
dmi.board.version: 1.2
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr:
dmi.product.family: Virtual Machine
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH

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Miser (emcvenom) wrote on 2020-07-29:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (23.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AptOrdering.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (468 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (64.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (61.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (137.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (9.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (823 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (6.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci-vt.txt Edit (708 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-v.txt Edit (7.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (3.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (934 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (103.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (81.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2020-07-29

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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.