Bug#525072: initramfs-tools: update-initramfs failure resulted in broken dpkg and presumably unbootable system
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.93.2
Severity: important
~# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.93.2) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 (2.6.26-13) ...
Running depmod.
Running mkinitramfs-kpkg.
Deprecation WARNING: use update-initramfs(8)
cpio: ./etc/modprobe.d/arch-aliases.conf: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6-686:
linux-image-2.6-686 depends on linux-image-2.6.26-2-686; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6-686 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-1-686
cpio: ./etc/modprobe.d/arch-aliases.conf: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-1-686
dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
I'm a bit stumped how to get myself out of this one. At the
moment I cannot do any dpkg operations and I'm not too
confident my system will boot this kernel if I restart it.
-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/mapper/qusp--vg1-qusp--lv--root ro
-- /proc/filesystems
ext3
fuseblk
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
sha256_generic 11392 0
cbc 3264 1
ipt_MASQUERADE 2656 1
iptable_nat 4900 1
nf_nat 16244 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4 11660 3 iptable_nat,nf_nat
nf_conntrack 57000 4 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_defrag_ipv4 1920 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
ip_tables 10128 1 iptable_nat
x_tables 13540 3 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ip_tables
i915 48900 2
drm 76456 3 i915
ppdev 6500 0
lp 8140 0
parport 30964 2 ppdev,lp
rfcomm 31024 2
l2cap 18336 9 rfcomm
bluetooth 47808 4 rfcomm,l2cap
uinput 6784 1
ipv6 231536 20
cpufreq_stats 3844 0
cpufreq_powersave 1536 0
cpufreq_conservative 5672 0
cpufreq_userspace 2916 0
michael_mic 2304 2
arc4 1824 2
ecb 2624 2
ieee80211_crypt_tkip 8032 1
aes_i586 7744 3
aes_generic 27784 1 aes_i586
ieee80211_crypt_ccmp 4896 1
fuse 44860 1
dm_crypt 11204 1
speedstep_centrino 5568 0
loop 13036 0
pcmcia 30676 0
snd_intel8x0m 12428 0
snd_intel8x0 26172 0
snd_pcm_oss 32128 0
snd_ac97_codec 91716 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
snd_mixer_oss 12256 1 snd_pcm_oss
ac97_bus 1728 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy 2628 0
snd_pcm 63332 4 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_oss 24636 0
snd_seq_midi 5760 0
snd_rawmidi 18784 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6368 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 41576 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
yenta_socket 21452 1
irtty_sir 4448 0
ipw2200 121960 0
thinkpad_acpi 50352 0
snd_timer 17992 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6412 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
rsrc_nonstatic 9696 1 yenta_socket
sir_dev 11076 1 irtty_sir
rfkill 9744 1 thinkpad_acpi
ieee80211 25320 1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt 5124 3 ieee80211_crypt_tkip,ieee80211_crypt_ccmp,ieee80211
pcmcia_core 30964 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
snd 45912 11 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 6440 1 snd
i2c_i801 8176 0
psmouse 36752 0
led_class 3844 1 thinkpad_acpi
shpchp 27316 0
snd_page_alloc 8200 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_core 20948 1 i2c_i801
serio_raw 4836 0
intel_agp 22812 1
pcspkr 2368 0
evdev 8356 12
nvram 7180 2 thinkpad_acpi
pci_hotplug 23648 1 shpchp
rng_core 3908 0
irda 95368 1 sir_dev
video 16848 0
output 2784 1 video
battery 10116 0
ac 4164 0
button 6032 0
agpgart 30740 3 drm,intel_agp
crc_ccitt 2080 1 irda
ext3 105704 4
jbd 41492 1 ext3
mbcache 7396 1 ext3
dm_mirror 12320 0
dm_region_hash 10816 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 8548 2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
dm_snapshot 15972 0
dm_mod 47188 15 dm_crypt,dm_mirror,dm_log,dm_snapshot
ide_gd_mod 19396 4
ata_generic 4644 0
libata 148108 1 ata_generic
scsi_mod 135628 1 libata
ide_pci_generic 3652 0
piix 5864 3
sdhci_pci 6592 0
sdhci 13860 1 sdhci_pci
ide_core 95256 3 ide_gd_mod,ide_pci_generic,piix
ehci_hcd 30188 0
uhci_hcd 19632 0
e1000 103780 0
mmc_core 43036 1 sdhci
usbcore 122204 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 15292 0
processor 40044 2 thermal
fan 4388 0
thermal_sys 10536 4 video,thermal,processor,fan
-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
postinst_hook = update-grub
postrm_hook = update-grub
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
BOOT=local
DEVICE=eth0
NFSROOT=auto
-- /etc/crypttab
# <target name> <source device> <key file> <options>
# crypthome /dev/mapper/qusp--vg1-qusp--lv1--backend none luks
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii cpio 2.9.90-3 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii findutils 4.4.0-3 utilities for finding files--find,
ii klibc-utils 1.5.15-1 small utilities built with klibc f
ii module-init-tools 3.7-pre9-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 0.140-2 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends:
ii busybox 1:1.10.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embed
initramfs-tools suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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Jon Dowland
http://jmtd.net/
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