Comment 3 for bug 303670

running dpkg --configure -a from terminal will give you :
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.92bubuntu16) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

Setting up linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-10-generic (2.6.27-10.14) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-10-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-10-generic
dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-10-generic (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-generic:
 linux-restricted-modules-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-10-generic; however:
  Package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-10-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-10-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-10-generic
dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

What's relevent here is gzip: stdout: No space left on device, i got it having my boot partition full
i don't think this is a valid bug, however a notification from the gui would have been nice..