package linux-firmware 1.175.3 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2

[Kyle Hildebrand]

System is a new build. Right off the lastest ISO. Updates were applied. There were issues applying updates. This system does have a mobile i7 and a Geforce 960m 4GB edition.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: linux-firmware 1.175.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-17.18-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 11 20:06:27 2019
Dependencies:

Df:

Dmesg:

ErrorMessage: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-04-11 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.7, python3-minimal, 3.6.7-1~18.10
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15+, python-minimal, 2.7.15-3
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu5
 apt 1.7.4
SourcePackage: linux-firmware
Title: package linux-firmware 1.175.3 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Seth Forshee (sforshee)]

From the logs:

Setting up linux-firmware (1.175.1) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.18.0-17-generic
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 165: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: Cannot fork
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 225: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: Cannot fork
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 183: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: Cannot fork
/usr/sbin/update-initramfs: 145: /usr/sbin/update-initramfs: Cannot fork

This could be a systems resource issue, for example if you set a limit on the number of processes allowed and reached that limit. It's hard to pinpoint a cause with the limited information attached to this bug. If you continue to have this issue, please collect dmesg output and attach it here as that might provide some clues.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.