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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.3 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1899907 reported by Björn Bylander on 2020-10-15

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

Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.3) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-51-generic
Error 24 : Write error : cannot write compressed block
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 lz4 -9 -l 24
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-51-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-121.123-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-121-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Thu Oct 15 10:18:16 2020
ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-15 (1643 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.3 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-10-15 (0 days ago)

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Björn Bylander (loxybjorn) wrote on 2020-10-15:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (22.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (632 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (109.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (72.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (355.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (497 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2020-10-15

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Brady Shea (bmatthewshea) wrote on 2020-10-17:

I resolved this 18->20 upgrade issue by making room in `/boot`.

> uname -a

(get current kernel running) I removed a 4.4 kernel that isn't used.

Example
> sudo apt purge linux-image-4.4.0-000-generic

then run:
> sudo dpkg --configure -a
(`sudo update-grub` should also take care of it)

PS -
if you see:
"WARNING: PV /dev/sda5 in VG YOUR-vg is using an old PV header, modify the VG to update."
You also need to do:
> sudo vgck --updatemetadata YOUR-vg
should also fix those warnings post-20 upgrade.

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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.