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initramfs-tools package

package linux-firmware 1.187.4 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1904330 reported by edwardparker on 2020-11-15

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

soon after reboot and apt upgrade

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.187.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-53.59-generic 5.4.65
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: edward 1603 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Sun Nov 15 15:07:04 2020
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-24 (205 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
MachineType: LENOVO 252282G
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-53-generic root=UUID=b89589af-856e-46c0-a52b-718dac23f4af ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
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 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26.6
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-firmware 1.187.4 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: 10/25/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6IET74WW (1.34 )
dmi.board.name: 252282G
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6IET74WW(1.34):bd10/25/2010:svnLENOVO:pn252282G:pvrThinkPadT410:rvnLENOVO:rn252282G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad T410
dmi.product.name: 252282G
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T410
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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edwardparker (edward-albany) wrote on 2020-11-15:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (34.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (314 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (78.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (573 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (106.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (5.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (7.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (537 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (36.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci-vt.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (546 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-t.txt Edit (616 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-v.txt Edit (38.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (3.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (993 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (4.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RfKill.txt Edit (125 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (197.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (104.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
acpidump.txt Edit (365.1 KiB, 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.