Bug#386999: initramfs-tools: update-initramfs fails in post-processing of kernel update
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.78
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
Kernel updates give this result:
orca:/home/pete# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.78) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-2-k7-smp
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
orca:/home/pete#
Other info:
orca:/home/pete# uname -a
Linux orca 2.6.16-2-k7-smp #1 SMP Fri Aug 18 20:11:58 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
orca:/home/pete# cat /etc/kernel-img.conf
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = yes
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
orca:/home/pete# dpkg -l grub
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-============================-============================-========================================================================
ii grub 0.97-13 GRand Unified Bootloader
Lilo is *not* installed on this system.
Best,
-- pete
-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/hda1 ro
-- /proc/filesystems
cramfs
ext3
ext2
xfs
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
nfs 194068 1
lockd 55720 2 nfs
nfs_acl 3776 1 nfs
sunrpc 137444 4 nfs,lockd,nfs_acl
loop 15624 4
button 6864 0
ac 5124 0
battery 9796 0
ipv6 231232 16
xfs 494968 4
exportfs 6016 1 xfs
ext2 59528 0
dm_mod 49748 0
ide_generic 1664 0 [permanent]
ide_cd 36512 0
cdrom 32880 1 ide_cd
snd_emu10k1_synth 7104 0
snd_emux_synth 31616 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 7168 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 6208 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_dummy 4036 0
snd_seq_oss 29412 0
snd_seq_midi 8544 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7360 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47564 9 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_emu10k1 102564 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_rawmidi 23648 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 83552 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_bus 2624 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 45024 0
snd_mixer_oss 16256 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 77316 3 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_device 8844 8 snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer 21956 3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10312 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 4800 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
mousedev 11200 1
shpchp 40288 0
pci_hotplug 25340 1 shpchp
snd_hwdep 9156 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
tsdev 7744 0
snd 48928 13 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
amd_k7_agp 8460 0
evdev 9280 0
agpgart 30152 1 amd_k7_agp
i2c_amd756 6532 0
rtc 12852 0
eth1394 19652 0
psmouse 35208 0
emu10k1_gp 3968 0
gameport 14856 2 emu10k1_gp
serio_raw 7236 0
i2c_core 20288 1 i2c_amd756
soundcore 9504 1 snd
amd76x_edac 4544 0
edac_mc 13832 1 amd76x_edac
pcspkr 3780 0
floppy 57744 0
ext3 119560 2
jbd 51924 1 ext3
mbcache 8580 2 ext2,ext3
ide_disk 15232 4
sd_mod 17088 4
generic 4676 0 [permanent]
3w_9xxx 30240 1
ehci_hcd 28488 0
3w_xxxx 25056 1
scsi_mod 124972 3 sd_mod,3w_9xxx,3w_xxxx
e1000 98740 0
amd74xx 13212 0 [permanent]
ide_core 114636 5 ide_generic,ide_cd,ide_disk,generic,amd74xx
ohci1394 30896 0
ieee1394 88632 2 eth1394,ohci1394
ohci_hcd 18436 0
usbcore 114400 3 ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
thermal 13640 0
processor 26216 1 thermal
fan 4996 0
-- kernel-img.conf
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = yes
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-k7-smp
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii busybox 1:1.1.3-3 Tiny utilities for small and embed
ii cpio 2.6-17 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii klibc-utils 1.4.27-1 small statically-linked utilities
ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 0.093-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
initramfs-tools recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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