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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.6 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 - I do have SecureBoot enabled

Bug #1943251 reported by Fred Reimer on 2021-09-10

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

I have Secure Boot enabled. The MOK key is already configured in the EFI. Have VMware Workstation installed and signed the modules so that would work. Not sure what initramfs is trying to do. I didn't kick anything off, this ran by itself in the background and just popped up with a warning. So I don't know if it is involved with Secure Boot, or if initramfs needs to sign a new image when it creates one, but the MOK key is there in the right place so it should be able to do so if it needs to.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-34.36~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Fri Sep 10 07:43:46 2021
ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-09-05 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210819)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
apt 2.0.6
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.6 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Fred Reimer (freimer-presidio) wrote on 2021-09-10:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (764 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (731 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (108.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (143.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (7.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (499 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2021-09-10

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Fred Reimer (freimer-presidio) wrote on 2021-09-10:

Apparently I was out of space on my /boot partition. Maybe a more descriptive error message?

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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.