Comment 3 for bug 1879077

How to update kernel then,
Even i want to update the kernel, that is the reason i want upgrade ubuntu
version.

During upgrade only i am getting this error.

How can i get rid of this problem ..?

Regards,
Suhas

On Mon, 18 May 2020, 18:25 Seth Forshee, <email address hidden>
wrote:

> I see two problems.
>
> 1. You have a very old kernel installed (3.13.0-38), which is causing
> this message: "E: amd64-microcode: unsupported kernel version!" I'm not
> sure if this is causing update-initramfs to fail, but if you don't need
> this kernel you should just remove it.
>
> 2. These messages:
>
> E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/casper-memdisk failed with return 1.
> update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-38-generic with 1.
>
> Again, this may go away if you remove the old kernel. However it also
> seems like it should not fail like this, so I've added casper to the
> bug.
>
> Neither of these is a problem with linux-firmware. Rather, linux-
> firmware triggers an initramfs update, and other packages are causing
> the initramfs update to fail.
>
> ** Also affects: casper (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1879077
>
> Title:
> package linux-firmware 1.157.23 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> Status in casper package in Ubuntu:
> New
> Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> when I am trying to upgrade to 16.04 from 14 , i am getting below
> error
>
>
> Cmd : lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS
> Release: 16.04
>
>
> What I expected to happen -- Ubuntu upgrades to 16.04 with upgraded
> kernel 4.4
>
> What happened instead : it upgraded to 16.04 but with old kernel only
> and my sound has stopped
>
>
>
>
>
> Setting up initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.16) ...
> update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
> Setting up linux-firmware (1.157.23) ...
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-38-generic
> E: amd64-microcode: unsupported kernel version!
> E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/casper-memdisk failed with return 1.
> update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-38-generic with 1.
> dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
> Setting up linux-image-4.4.0-178-generic (4.4.0-178.208) ...
> No apport report written because the error message indicates its a
> followup error from a previous failure.
>
> No apport report written because the
> error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
>
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
> linux-image-generic depends on linux-firmware; however:
> Package linux-firmware is not configured yet.
>
> dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
> linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 4.4.0.178.186); however:
> Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
>
> dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.16) ...
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-38-generic
> E: amd64-microcode: unsupported kernel version!
> E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/casper-memdisk failed with return 1.
> update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-38-generic with 1.
> dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
> No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
> Processing
> triggers for linux-image-4.4.0-178-generic (4.4.0-178.208) ...
> /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
> * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 4.4.0-178-generic
> Error! The dkms.conf for this module includes a BUILD_EXCLUSIVE
> directive which
> does not match this kernel/arch. This indicates that it should not be
> built.
> ...done.
> /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-178-generic
> E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/casper-memdisk failed with return 1.
> update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-178-generic with 1.
> run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return
> code 1
> dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.4.0-178-generic
> (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
> No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
> Errors
> were encountered while processing:
> linux-firmware
> linux-image-generic
> linux-generic
> initramfs-tools
> linux-image-4.4.0-178-generic
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> Package: linux-firmware 1.157.23
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-38.65somerville1-generic 3.13.11.9
> Uname: Linux 3.13.0-38-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.23
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Sat May 16 21:00:04 2020
> Dependencies:
>
> DistributionChannelDescriptor:
> # This is a distribution channel descriptor
> # For more information see
> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
> canonical-oem-somerville-trusty-amd64-20140620-0
> ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
> error exit status 1
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-01-11 (126 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary
> 20140620-04:25
> PackageArchitecture: all
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.6
> apt 1.2.32ubuntu0.1
> SourcePackage: linux-firmware
> Title: package linux-firmware 1.157.23 failed to install/upgrade:
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2020-05-16 (0 days ago)
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