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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.98.8ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #772563 reported by Laurent Richer on 2011-04-28

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

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

dist-upgrade from lubuntu 10.10 to 11.04.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.98.8ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AptOrdering:
libdcmtk2: Install
initramfs-tools: Configure
libdcmtk2: Configure
dcmtk: Configure
dicomscope: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 28 10:48:14 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.98.8ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Laurent Richer (laurentr) wrote on 2011-04-28:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (555 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (49.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Ivar Eriksen (ivar-flyndre) wrote on 2011-05-01:

I ran into the exact same problem, easily fixed it by cleaning up some old files from my boot partition.

I'm guessing you also need to clear up some space in your boot partition. According to Df.txt you have around 18Mb free, while (my) initrd.img is around 20 Mb.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-06-16:

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.