Dear Mr. Salisbury,
     True problem I'm having: Kubuntu default install makes the /boot
partition TOO SMALL.
     My Kubuntu /boot partition is  only 243MiB. This was the default
Kubuntu install.  The /boot partition is too small. Now, the Kubuntu
"Software Updater" demands 403M free space. Below is quoted from an email I
sent to another about the problem:

BEGIN QUOTE
"2) Ran Software Updater;
Selected "Partial Update" as a message indicated a full update wouldn't
work because of partial install problem;
Received error message demanding 403 M of free space on the disk /boot:
"Not enough free disk space"
"The upgrade has aborted. The upgrade needs a total of 403 M free space on
disk '/boot'. Please free at least an additional 337 M of disk space on
'/boot'. Empty your trash and remove temporary packages of former
installations using 'sudo apt-get clean'."

The Partial updater wants "403 M" free space in /Boot.  Is that 403 MB?
The root /boot folder is only a folder of 3.1kB, but it contains files of
12.6kB, etc. ???

Question: what does 403 M mean?  403,000 ???
_______
3) Launched KDE Partition Manager: requires pwrd:
It states that the
Partition= /dev/sda1/, Type= ext2, Mount Point= /boot, Size= 243.00 MiB,
Used= 159.64 MiB, Flags= boot
therefore has free space of (243.00 - 159.64) = 83.36 MiB.
If per the error message, we add 337 M = 420.36 MiB ???
_______
4) In other words, the /boot partition at 243.00 MiB is too small for
updates even if empty???
END QUOTE

Thank you very much.  Tom Turner

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Joseph Salisbury <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
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> Title:
>   package linux-image-extra-3.13.0-54-generic 3.13.0-54.91 failed to
>   install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools
>   exited with return code 1
>
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   >My /boot partition is full because it contains partially installed
> versions of linux. I have been using
>   == sudo apt-get update ;
>   == sudo-apt-get upgrade .
>   >Those need to be updated to delete old versions of Linux when
> installing a new one.  At least they could ask the user what to do.  In the
> future I will use:
>   == sudo apt-get autoclean
>   == sudo apt-get clean
>   == sudo apt-get autoremove
>   == sudo apt-get update
>   == sudo apt-get upgrade -f
>   == sudo apt-get autoclean
>   == sudo apt-get clean
>   == sudo apt-get autoremove
>   >In the meantime, I cannot install new software that uses the /boot
> partition. Linux isn't ready for prime time. It shoots itself in the foot.
>
>   ProblemType: Package
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
>   Package: linux-image-extra-3.13.0-54-generic 3.13.0-54.91
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-48.80-generic 3.13.11-ckt16
>   Uname: Linux 3.13.0-48-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8
>   Architecture: amd64
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  lightdm    1753 F.... pulseaudio
>                         rusty      2305 F.... pulseaudio
>   Date: Fri Sep 18 18:59:54 2015
>   DuplicateSignature:
> package:linux-image-extra-3.13.0-54-generic:3.13.0-54.91:run-parts:
> /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
>   ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error
> exit status 1
>   HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e0431ec2-ad1c-49a4-9c1c-8f751a6b06dd
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-06 (286 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
> (20140416.1)
>   MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D620
>   PccardctlIdent:
>    Socket 0:
>      no product info available
>   PccardctlStatus:
>    Socket 0:
>      no card
>   ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-48-generic
> root=/dev/mapper/kubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>   PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No
> PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
>   RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1
>   SourcePackage: linux
>   Title: package linux-image-extra-3.13.0-54-generic 3.13.0-54.91 failed
> to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools
> exited with return code 1
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   WifiSyslog:
>    Sep 18 16:47:10 rusty-Latitude-D620 kernel: [ 2078.698396] perf samples
> too long (2524 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000
>    Sep 18 17:35:56 rusty-Latitude-D620 kernel: [ 5004.337460] perf samples
> too long (5017 > 5000), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 25000
>    Sep 18 18:57:50 rusty-Latitude-D620 NetworkManager[935]: <info> kernel
> firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed
>   dmi.bios.date: 05/16/2008
>   dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: A10
>   dmi.board.name: 0FT292
>   dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
>   dmi.chassis.type: 8
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd05/16/2008:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD620:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0FT292:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
>   dmi.product.name: Latitude D620
>   dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
>
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