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initramfs-tools package

package linux-firmware 1.187.14 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1934528 reported by yvan on 2021-07-02

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

sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.5) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-firmware (1.187.14) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-74-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-5.4.0-74-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.5) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-74-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-5.4.0-74-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-firmware
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.187.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-74.83-generic 5.4.114
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-74-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
AptOrdering: NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1: yvan 1633 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: yvan 1633 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Fri Jul 2 19:03:36 2021
Dependencies:

DpkgHistoryLog:
Start-Date: 2021-07-02 19:03:08
Commandline: apt-get --purge autoremove
Requested-By: yvan (1000)
ErrorMessage: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=4be9c22e-5731-4740-8e18-90d6294161e9
MachineType: MEDION P7624
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-74-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash
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 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26.12
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-firmware 1.187.14 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: 10/31/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0.49
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P7624
dmi.board.vendor: MEDION
dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: MEDION
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0.49:bd10/31/2011:svnMEDION:pnP7624:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnMEDION:rnP7624:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnMEDION:ct10:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: P7624
dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: MEDION

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yvan (yvan-plasman) wrote on 2021-07-02:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (51.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (314 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (97.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (726 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (97.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (538 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (468 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (543 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (36.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci-vt.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (867 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-t.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-v.txt Edit (58.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (4.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (5.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RfKill.txt Edit (112 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (207.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (124.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
acpidump.txt Edit (244.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2021-07-02

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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.