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initramfs-tools package

package linux-firmware 1.187.27 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1964349 reported by Pete Jordan on 2022-03-09

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

This is 16.04 updated to 20.04 with some Debian repositories glued on (for a non-Snap Chromium); I've come to expect the odd issue, but still reporting, in case.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.187.27
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-97.110-generic 5.4.162
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-97-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: pete 1783 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: pete 1783 F...m pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Wed Mar 9 13:15:55 2022
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=25544052-705f-413e-8821-a612310589eb
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-25 (1473 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
MachineType: LENOVO 4291AB3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-97-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root 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 3.8.10, 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 2.04-1ubuntu26.13
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-firmware 1.187.27 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: 04/02/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8DET59WW (1.29 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 4291AB3
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: LTL0011096
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET59WW(1.29):bd04/02/2012:svnLENOVO:pn4291AB3:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn4291AB3:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad X220
dmi.product.name: 4291AB3
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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Pete Jordan (pete-webhorus) wrote on 2022-03-09:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (35.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AptOrdering.txt Edit (231 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (326 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (208.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (716 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (208.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (5.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (470 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (613 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (28.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci-vt.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (435 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-t.txt Edit (682 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-v.txt Edit (44.1 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 (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (8.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RfKill.txt Edit (182 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (172.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (33.6 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
acpidump.txt Edit (355.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2022-06-23

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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.