Comment 98 for bug 1835660

Dziękuję za zainteresowanie. Aktualnie mój HP 8760 nie działa, więc
jak dla mnie problem z Ubuntu 20.04 stał się nieistotny.
Jeszcze raz dziękuję i pozdrawiam ekipę Ubuntu.
Tomek P.

2020-11-06 12:18 GMT+01:00, archi02 <email address hidden>:
> Same issue here and no workaround works : neither switching from lz4 to
> gzip nor keeping lz4 and only update initramfs. I also tried to launch
> with another kernel, without success.
>
> The computer is now blocked (Xubuntu 20.04, fresh install). I really
> don't want to reinstall 18.04.
>
> What can I do ? Any idea will be welcome ! :)
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1835660
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> Title:
> initramfs unpacking failed
>
> Status in OEM Priority Project:
> New
> Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> "initramfs unpacking failed: Decoding failed", message appears on
> boot up.
>
> If I "update-initramfs" using gzip instead of lz, then boot up passes
> without decoding failed message.
>
> ---
>
> However, we currently believe that the decoding error reported in
> dmesg is actually harmless and has no impact on usability on the
> system.
>
> Switching from lz4 to gzip compression, simply papers over the
> warning, without any benefits, and slows down boot.
>
> Kernel should be fixed to correctly parse lz4 compressed initrds, or
> at least lower the warning, to not be user visible as an error.
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