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initramfs-tools package

package linux-firmware 1.187.29 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1967315 reported by Jonathan Baumann on 2022-03-31

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

While installing full upgrade from terminal - sudo apt full-upgrade

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.187.29
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-35.40~20.04.1-generic 5.13.19
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-35-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Thu Mar 31 10:45:37 2022
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-03 (482 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
MachineType: LENOVO 20BECTO1WW
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.13.0-35-generic root=UUID=8977a535-929a-4a34-b7a2-2b906d8dd2d3 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: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26.13
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-firmware 1.187.29 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: 06/03/2021
dmi.bios.release: 2.39
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: GMET91WW (2.39 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20BECTO1WW
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: 0B98417 WIN
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.15
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGMET91WW(2.39):bd06/03/2021:br2.39:efr1.15:svnLENOVO:pn20BECTO1WW:pvrThinkPadT540p:rvnLENOVO:rn20BECTO1WW:rvr0B98417WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:skuLENOVO_MT_20BE:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad T540p
dmi.product.name: 20BECTO1WW
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20BE
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T540p
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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Jonathan Baumann (jomini) wrote on 2022-03-31:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (48.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AudioDevicesInUse.txt Edit (300 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (302 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (81.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (692 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (81.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (25.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (9.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (540 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (36.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci-vt.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (648 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-t.txt Edit (810 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-v.txt Edit (56.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (10.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (5.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (6.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RfKill.txt Edit (128 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (220.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (117.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
acpidump.txt Edit (438.2 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.