package linux-firmware 1.187.33 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[David Martelle]

Terminal copy;

(1) david@FPA-Admin2:~$ lsb_release -rd
 Description: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
 Release: 20.04

(2) david@FPA-Admin2:~$ apt-cache policy pkgname
 N: Unable to locate package pkgname

(3) What I expected was; the update to complete successfully
(4) What happened instead was; it failed

Terminal Log follows:

David@FPA-Admin2:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for david:
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Hit:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
12 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
david@FPA-Admin2:~$ sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-headers-5.15.0-46-generic linux-hwe-5.15-headers-5.15.0-46
  linux-image-5.15.0-46-generic linux-modules-5.15.0-46-generic
  linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-46-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
  isc-dhcp-client isc-dhcp-common libnetplan0 linux-firmware
  linux-generic-hwe-20.04 linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04
  linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 linux-libc-dev netplan.io unattended-upgrades
  update-notifier update-notifier-common
12 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 standard security updates
Need to get 231 MB of archives.
After this operation, 586 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 update-notifier amd64 3.192.30.11 [56.6 kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 update-notifier-common all 3.192.30.11 [133 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 isc-dhcp-client amd64 4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.04.3 [246 kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 isc-dhcp-common amd64 4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.04.3 [44.9 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 netplan.io amd64 0.104-0ubuntu2~20.04.2 [88.0 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 libnetplan0 amd64 0.104-0ubuntu2~20.04.2 [82.5 kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-firmware all 1.187.33 [125 MB]
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-modules-5.15.0-46-generic amd64 5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1 [20.5 MB]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-image-5.15.0-46-generic amd64 5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1 [11.3 MB]
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-46-generic amd64 5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1 [57.8 MB]
Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-generic-hwe-20.04 amd64 5.15.0.46.49~20.04.16 [1,928 B]
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 amd64 5.15.0.46.49~20.04.16 [2,700 B]
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-hwe-5.15-headers-5.15.0-46 all 5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1 [12.0 MB]
Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-headers-5.15.0-46-generic amd64 5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1 [2,776 kB]
Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 amd64 5.15.0.46.49~20.04.16 [2,592 B]
Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-libc-dev amd64 5.4.0-124.140 [1,104 kB]
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 unattended-upgrades all 2.3ubuntu0.3 [48.5 kB]
Fetched 231 MB in 44s (5,289 kB/s)
Requesting to save current system state
ERROR couldn't save system state: Minimum free space to take a snapshot and preserve ZFS performance is 20%.
Free space on pool "bpool" is 13%.
Please remove some states manually to free up space.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 190357 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../00-update-notifier_3.192.30.11_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking update-notifier (3.192.30.11) over (3.192.30.10) ...
Preparing to unpack .../01-update-notifier-common_3.192.30.11_all.deb ...
Unpacking update-notifier-common (3.192.30.11) over (3.192.30.10) ...
Preparing to unpack .../02-isc-dhcp-client_4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.04.3_amd64.deb ..
.
Unpacking isc-dhcp-client (4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.04.3) over (4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.0
4.2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../03-isc-dhcp-common_4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.04.3_amd64.deb ..
.
Unpacking isc-dhcp-common (4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.04.3) over (4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.0
4.2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../04-netplan.io_0.104-0ubuntu2~20.04.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking netplan.io (0.104-0ubuntu2~20.04.2) over (0.104-0ubuntu2~20.04.1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../05-libnetplan0_0.104-0ubuntu2~20.04.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libnetplan0:amd64 (0.104-0ubuntu2~20.04.2) over (0.104-0ubuntu2~20.04.
1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../06-linux-firmware_1.187.33_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-firmware (1.187.33) over (1.187.31) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-modules-5.15.0-46-generic.
Preparing to unpack .../07-linux-modules-5.15.0-46-generic_5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1_
amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-modules-5.15.0-46-generic (5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-5.15.0-46-generic.
Preparing to unpack .../08-linux-image-5.15.0-46-generic_5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1_am
d64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-5.15.0-46-generic (5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-46-generic.
Preparing to unpack .../09-linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-46-generic_5.15.0-46.49~20
.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-46-generic (5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../10-linux-generic-hwe-20.04_5.15.0.46.49~20.04.16_amd64.d
eb ...
Unpacking linux-generic-hwe-20.04 (5.15.0.46.49~20.04.16) over (5.15.0.43.46~20.
04.14) ...
Preparing to unpack .../11-linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04_5.15.0.46.49~20.04.16_a
md64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (5.15.0.46.49~20.04.16) over (5.15.0.43.
46~20.04.14) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-hwe-5.15-headers-5.15.0-46.
Preparing to unpack .../12-linux-hwe-5.15-headers-5.15.0-46_5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1
_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-hwe-5.15-headers-5.15.0-46 (5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-5.15.0-46-generic.
Preparing to unpack .../13-linux-headers-5.15.0-46-generic_5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1_
amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-5.15.0-46-generic (5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../14-linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04_5.15.0.46.49~20.04.16
_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 (5.15.0.46.49~20.04.16) over (5.15.0.4
3.46~20.04.14) ...
Preparing to unpack .../15-linux-libc-dev_5.4.0-124.140_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-libc-dev:amd64 (5.4.0-124.140) over (5.4.0-122.138) ...
Preparing to unpack .../16-unattended-upgrades_2.3ubuntu0.3_all.deb ...
Unpacking unattended-upgrades (2.3ubuntu0.3) over (2.3ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up linux-firmware (1.187.33) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-43-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/sda5
I: (UUID=e5ef33ae-e6f2-487a-bb93-d3e1cc1d7861)
I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
Error 24 : Write error : cannot write compressed block
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 lz4 -9 -l 24
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-43-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
 installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned e
rror exit status 1
Setting up update-notifier-common (3.192.30.11) ...
Setting up linux-hwe-5.15-headers-5.15.0-46 (5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-libc-dev:amd64 (5.4.0-124.140) ...
Setting up isc-dhcp-client (4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.04.3) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/apparmor.d/sbin.dhclient ...
Setting up libnetplan0:amd64 (0.104-0ubuntu2~20.04.2) ...
Setting up netplan.io (0.104-0ubuntu2~20.04.2) ...
Setting up unattended-upgrades (2.3ubuntu0.3) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/kernel/postinst.d/unattended-upgrades
 ...
Setting up linux-headers-5.15.0-46-generic (5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1) ...
Setting up isc-dhcp-common (4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.04.3) ...
Setting up update-notifier (3.192.30.11) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04
:
 linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 depends on linux-firmware; however:
  Package linux-firmware is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup erro
r from a previous failure.
                          Setting up linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 (5.15.0.46.
49~20.04.16) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-hwe-20.04:
 linux-generic-hwe-20.04 depends on linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (= 5.15.0.46.4
9~20.04.16); however:
  Package linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 is not configured yet.

                          Setting up linux-image-5.15.0-46-generic (5.15.0-46.49
~20.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-hwe-20.04 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup erro
r from a previous failure.
I: /boot/vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to vmlinuz-5.15.0-43-generic
I: /boot/initrd.img.old is now a symlink to initrd.img-5.15.0-43-generic
I: /boot/vmlinuz is now a symlink to vmlinuz-5.15.0-46-generic
I: /boot/initrd.img is now a symlink to initrd.img-5.15.0-46-generic
Setting up linux-modules-5.15.0-46-generic (5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-46-generic (5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9.9) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.17) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.16-2ubuntu2.2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for linux-image-5.15.0-46-generic (5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-46-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/sda5
I: (UUID=e5ef33ae-e6f2-487a-bb93-d3e1cc1d7861)
I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
Error 24 : Write error : cannot write compressed block
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 lz4 -9 -l 24
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-46-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-5.15.0-46-generic (--configure):
 installed linux-image-5.15.0-46-generic package post-installation script subpro
cess returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encoun
tered while processing:
 linux-firmware
 linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04
 linux-generic-hwe-20.04
 linux-image-5.15.0-46-generic
ZSys is adding automatic system snapshot to GRUB menu
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.187.33
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-43.46~20.04.1-generic 5.15.39
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-43-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.24
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: david 14759 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Sun Aug 14 16:07:51 2022
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-06-14 (791 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
MachineType: LENOVO 4480B5U
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/BOOT/ubuntu_e752dx@/vmlinuz-5.15.0-43-generic root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_e752dx 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 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26.15
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-firmware 1.187.33 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: 06/10/2014
dmi.bios.release: 0.58
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 9HKT58AUS
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
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:bvnLENOVO:bvr9HKT58AUS:bd06/10/2014:br0.58:svnLENOVO:pn4480B5U:pvrThinkCentreM91p:rvnLENOVO:rn:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:skuTobefilledbyO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: 4480B5U
dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: ThinkCentre M91p
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

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.