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initramfs-tools package

package linux-firmware 1.187.9 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1914016 reported by chmick on 2021-02-01

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

ON a zfs file system

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.187.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-41.46~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-41-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: gdm 3156 F.... pulseaudio
chmick 11493 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: gdm 3156 F.... pulseaudio
chmick 11493 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Thu Jan 28 17:40:56 2021
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-07-31 (184 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.

enp2s0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M.
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/BOOT/ubuntu_mp63t3@/vmlinuz-5.8.0-41-generic root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_mp63t3 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 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26.8
RfKill:

SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-firmware 1.187.9 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: 03/24/2015
dmi.bios.release: 4.6
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2601
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M5A97 R2.0
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2601:bd03/24/2015:br4.6:svnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnM5A97R2.0:rvrRev1.xx:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.sku: SKU
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To be filled by O.E.M.

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chmick (chmick) wrote on 2021-02-01:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (63.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AptOrdering.txt Edit (664 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (468 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (75.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (2.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (253.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (24.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (3.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (43.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci-vt.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-t.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-v.txt Edit (49.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (7.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (4.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (5.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (219.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (101.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
acpidump.txt Edit (139.8 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.