16.04 4.4.0-45-generic is missing drivers for ESXi
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
linux-lts-xenial (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I am getting a kernel panic and needing to boot with 4.4.0-42. The install does not complete, and I get "VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown block (0,0)" when booting with 45. I am using ESXi 6u2 with Ubuntu 16.04.1.
faaez@Plex2:~$ sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y ; sudo apt-get autoremove -y
Get:1 http://
Hit:2 http://
Hit:3 http://
Get:4 http://
Hit:5 http://
Hit:6 http://
Fetched 190 kB in 0s (323 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
11 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.5) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-image-
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
The link /initrd.img is a dangling linkto /boot/initrd.
vmlinuz(
) points to /boot/vmlinuz-
(/boot/
Examining /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/
Failed to process /etc/kernel/
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-
linux-
Package linux-image-
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-
linux-
Package linux-image-
linux-
Package linux-image-
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 (= 4.4.0.45.48); however:
Package linux-image-generic is not configured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-
linux-
Package linux-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up linux-image-
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
linux-
Package linux-image-
dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
linux-
Package linux-signed-
linux-
Package linux-image-
dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-
linux-
Package linux-signed-
dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-
linux-
Package linux-signed-
dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.
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
linux-
linux-
linux-
linux-generic
linux-
linux-
linux-
linux-
linux-
linux-
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
11 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.5) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-image-
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
The link /initrd.img is a dangling linkto /boot/initrd.
vmlinuz(
) points to /boot/vmlinuz-
(/boot/
Examining /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/
Failed to process /etc/kernel/
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-
linux-
Package linux-image-
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-
linux-
Package linux-image-
linux-
Package linux-image-
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 (= 4.4.0.45.48); however:
Package linux-image-generic is not configured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-
linux-
Package linux-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up linux-image-
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
linux-
Package linux-image-
dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
linux-
Package linux-signed-
linux-
Package linux-image-
dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
linux-
Package linux-signed-
dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-
linux-
Package linux-signed-
dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.5) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.
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
linux-
linux-
linux-
linux-generic
linux-
linux-
linux-
linux-
linux-
linux-
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
It seems that the auto configuration of 45 does not complete, rendering it useless and creating kernel panics with ESXi.
faaez@Plex2:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
How to get info on kernel? It's not listed below. I expected the kernel to be autoconfigured for ESXi. I got kernel panics instead.
affects: | ubuntu → linux-lts-xenial (Ubuntu) |
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