Bug#517236: marked as done (linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64: Post Inst fails - /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs)
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has caused the Debian Bug report #517236,
regarding linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64: Post Inst fails - /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs
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Package: linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64
Version: 2.6.28-1
Severity: normal
This is what I get after installing the new kernel.
oot@home:~# aptitude -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 294 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Setting up linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 (2.6.28-1) ...
Running depmod.
Running /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs.
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: invalid option -- 'c'
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: invalid option -- 't'
Terminating...
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs failed to create initrd image.
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64
^[ localepurge: checking system for new locale ...
localepurge: processing locale files ...
localepurge: processing man pages ...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 (2.6.28-1) ...
Running depmod.
Running /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs.
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: invalid option -- 'c'
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: invalid option -- 't'
Terminating...
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs failed to create initrd image.
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
But this works:-
oot@home:~# update-initramfs -k 2.6.28-1-amd64 -c
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-1-amd64
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.92o tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.4-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 recommends no packages.
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 suggests:
ii grub 0.97-51 GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy v
pn linux-doc-2.6.28 <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.28-1-amd64: false
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.28-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.28-1-amd64: false
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.28-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.28-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/preinst/initrd-2.6.28-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.28-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.28-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.28-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.28-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.28-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.28-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.28-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.28-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/preinst/abort-install-2.6.28-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.28-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.28-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.28-1-amd64: true
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On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 08:19:49AM +0530, Mahesh T. Pai wrote:
> (dropping all cc's; hope that is all right.)
>
> maximilian attems said on Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 06:15:12PM +0100,:
>
> >
> > please post output of:
> > cat /etc/kernel-img.conf
>
> $ cat /etc/kernel-img.conf
> do_symlinks = yes
> relative_links = yes
> do_bootloader = no
> do_bootfloppy = no
> do_initrd = yes
> link_in_boot = yes
> postinst_hook = update-grub
> postrm_hook = update-grub
> ramdisk = /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs
that is clearly wrong, delete the ramdisk line.
the debian installer doesn't add such and aboves wasn't really
supported, thus closing.
>
> Thanks for your attention. I find that subsequent scripts
> (update-grub, etc) have not been run.
sure postinst failed due to above misconfig.
--
maks
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