[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#440749: marked as done (linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64: install fails "mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image")

Your message dated Tue, 4 Sep 2007 02:47:24 +0100
with message-id <20070904014724.GA9675@www.lobefin.net>
and subject line Bug#440749: linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64: install fails "mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image"
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I am
talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration
somewhere.  Please contact me immediately.)

Debian bug tracking system administrator
(administrator, Debian Bugs database)
--- Begin Message --- 
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Attempting to install linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64, as per the sarge security 
advisory

Output follows:

# apt-get install linux-image-2.6-amd64 linux-doc-2.6.18

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-doc-2.6.18 linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-image-2.6-amd64
1 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

....

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64.
(Reading database ... 181917 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 (from .../linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2_amd64.deb) ...
Done.
Selecting previously deselected package linux-doc-2.6.18.
Unpacking linux-doc-2.6.18 (from .../linux-doc-2.6.18_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2_all.deb) ...
Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.18+6 (using .../linux-image-2.6-amd64_2.6.18+6etch2_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6-amd64 ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2) ...

 Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-amd64/source
 However, I can not read the target: No such file or directory
 Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-amd64/source

Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk.

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Setting up linux-doc-2.6.18 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6-amd64:
 linux-image-2.6-amd64 depends on linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64; however:
  Package linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6-amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64
 linux-image-2.6-amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (500, 'stable'), (20, 'testing'), (10, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 depends on:
ii  coreutil 5.97-5.3                        The GNU core utilities
ii  debconf  1.5.11                          Debian configuration management sy
ii  e2fsprog 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2 ext2 file system utilities and lib
ii  initramf 0.85h                           tools for generating an initramfs
ii  module-i 3.3-pre4-2                      tools for managing Linux kernel mo

linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
  shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-5-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-5-amd64: false
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-5-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-5-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-5-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-5-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-5-amd64: false
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-5-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-5-amd64:

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
This one time, at band camp, Robert King said:
> gzip: stdout: No space left on device
> mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.

Installing a package always fails if you don't have any disk space.
That's not a failure of the package, it's a failure of physics.
-- 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
|   ,''`.                                            Stephen Gran |
|  : :' :                                        sgran@debian.org |
|  `. `'                        Debian user, admin, and developer |
|    `-                                     http://www.debian.org |
 -----------------------------------------------------------------

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature


--- End Message ---
Reply to: