Bug#918352: initramfs: initramfs-tools is broken or not fully installed and update-initramfs fails with 1
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.132
Severity: important
File: initramfs
Dear Maintainer,
using apt, update-initramfs fails reproducably with 1:
# LANG=C.UTF-8 apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
clamz kio-audiocd libkf5compactdisc5 liblastfm1 liblvm2cmd2.02
libqtscript4-core libqtscript4-gui libqtscript4-network libqtscript4-sql
libqtscript4-uitools libqtscript4-xml
libtag-extras1
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.132) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.132) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-1-amd64
mktemp: failed to create directory via template ‘/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_XXXXXX’:
No such file or directory
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-1-amd64 with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned
error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
The folder /var/tmp/ is not existing.
# LANG=C.UTF-8 dpkg-reconfigure initramfs-tools
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: initramfs-tools is broken or not fully installed
I actually need that, to fix my system...
I have several other problems with my system but I don't think they are
related. If you need more logs, outputs etc. I'd be glad to provide.
Thanks for your help!
-- Package-specific info:
-- initramfs sizes
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17M May 12 2016 /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29M Dec 5 20:46 /boot/initrd.img-4.18.0-3-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29M Jan 1 10:35 /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-1-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20M May 14 2016 /boot/initrd.img-4.5.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20M Oct 13 2016 /boot/initrd.img-4.5.0-2-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20M Nov 16 2016 /boot/initrd.img-4.7.0-1-amd64
-- /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.19.0-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/Himmel--voller--Sterne--vg-root ro quiet intel_iommu=igfx_off
-- resume
RESUME=/dev/mapper/Himmel--voller--Sterne--vg-swap
-- /proc/filesystems
ext3
ext2
ext4
vfat
fuseblk
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
ctr 16384 2
ccm 20480 3
fuse 122880 3
acpi_call 16384 0
cmac 16384 0
rfcomm 86016 0
bnep 24576 2
uvcvideo 118784 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 16384 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 16384 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_v4l2 28672 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_common 53248 2 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo
videodev 212992 3 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
media 45056 2 videodev,uvcvideo
btusb 53248 0
btrtl 16384 1 btusb
btbcm 16384 1 btusb
btintel 24576 1 btusb
devlink 77824 0
ebtable_filter 16384 0
ebtables 36864 1 ebtable_filter
nf_tables 143360 0
nfnetlink 16384 1 nf_tables
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 57344 1
pci_stub 16384 1
vboxpci 28672 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 118784 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 86016 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
vboxnetadp 28672 0
vboxnetflt 32768 0
vboxdrv 483328 3 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
bluetooth 643072 16 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
drbg 28672 1
ansi_cprng 16384 0
ecdh_generic 24576 1 bluetooth
cpufreq_userspace 16384 0
cpufreq_powersave 16384 0
cpufreq_conservative 16384 0
binfmt_misc 20480 1
nls_ascii 16384 1
nls_cp437 20480 1
vfat 20480 1
fat 86016 1 vfat
msr 16384 0
arc4 16384 2
intel_rapl 24576 0
x86_pkg_temp_thermal 16384 0
intel_powerclamp 16384 0
coretemp 16384 0
kvm_intel 241664 0
snd_soc_skl 118784 0
snd_soc_skl_ipc 73728 1 snd_soc_skl
snd_soc_sst_ipc 16384 1 snd_soc_skl_ipc
snd_soc_sst_dsp 36864 1 snd_soc_skl_ipc
kvm 729088 1 kvm_intel
snd_hda_ext_core 28672 1 snd_soc_skl
snd_soc_acpi_intel_match 24576 1 snd_soc_skl
wmi_bmof 16384 0
iwlmvm 294912 0
irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
snd_soc_acpi 16384 2 snd_soc_acpi_intel_match,snd_soc_skl
intel_cstate 16384 0
mac80211 819200 1 iwlmvm
snd_soc_core 258048 1 snd_soc_skl
snd_compress 24576 1 snd_soc_core
intel_uncore 135168 0
snd_hda_intel 45056 2
efi_pstore 16384 0
i915 1728512 49
intel_rapl_perf 16384 0
iwlwifi 241664 1 iwlmvm
snd_hda_codec 151552 4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_core 94208 7 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_ext_core,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_soc_skl
rtsx_pci_ms 20480 0
evdev 28672 27
drm_kms_helper 204800 1 i915
joydev 24576 0
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 114688 7 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_ext_core,snd_hda_codec,snd_soc_core,snd_soc_skl,snd_hda_core
mei_me 45056 0
efivars 20480 1 efi_pstore
memstick 16384 1 rtsx_pci_ms
pcspkr 16384 0
iTCO_wdt 16384 0
thinkpad_acpi 106496 1
mei 118784 1 mei_me
sg 36864 0
serio_raw 16384 0
iTCO_vendor_support 16384 1 iTCO_wdt
cfg80211 765952 3 iwlmvm,iwlwifi,mac80211
snd_timer 36864 1 snd_pcm
drm 483328 25 drm_kms_helper,i915
nvram 16384 1 thinkpad_acpi
tpm_tis 16384 0
snd 94208 15 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_compress,thinkpad_acpi,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm
tpm_tis_core 20480 1 tpm_tis
intel_pch_thermal 16384 0
i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 i915
tpm 65536 2 tpm_tis,tpm_tis_core
soundcore 16384 1 snd
wmi 28672 1 wmi_bmof
rng_core 16384 1 tpm
rfkill 28672 10 bluetooth,thinkpad_acpi,cfg80211
ac 16384 0
battery 24576 1 thinkpad_acpi
video 45056 2 thinkpad_acpi,i915
button 16384 0
pcc_cpufreq 16384 0
parport_pc 32768 0
ppdev 20480 0
lp 20480 0
parport 57344 3 parport_pc,lp,ppdev
sunrpc 430080 1
efivarfs 16384 1
ip_tables 28672 0
x_tables 45056 2 ebtables,ip_tables
autofs4 49152 2
ext4 733184 4
crc16 16384 2 bluetooth,ext4
mbcache 16384 1 ext4
jbd2 122880 1 ext4
crc32c_generic 16384 0
fscrypto 32768 1 ext4
ecb 16384 0
algif_skcipher 16384 0
af_alg 28672 1 algif_skcipher
dm_crypt 40960 1
dm_mod 151552 17 dm_crypt
sd_mod 53248 4
crct10dif_pclmul 16384 0
crc32_pclmul 16384 0
crc32c_intel 24576 5
ghash_clmulni_intel 16384 0
pcbc 16384 0
rtsx_pci_sdmmc 28672 0
mmc_core 172032 1 rtsx_pci_sdmmc
xhci_pci 16384 0
psmouse 172032 0
xhci_hcd 266240 1 xhci_pci
aesni_intel 200704 5
usbcore 290816 4 xhci_hcd,uvcvideo,btusb,xhci_pci
ahci 40960 3
libahci 40960 1 ahci
aes_x86_64 20480 1 aesni_intel
crypto_simd 16384 1 aesni_intel
libata 278528 2 libahci,ahci
i2c_i801 28672 0
usb_common 16384 1 usbcore
scsi_mod 249856 3 sd_mod,libata,sg
cryptd 28672 4 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel
e1000e 282624 0
glue_helper 16384 1 aesni_intel
rtsx_pci 73728 2 rtsx_pci_sdmmc,rtsx_pci_ms
thermal 20480 0
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=auto
KEYMAP=n
COMPRESS=gzip
DEVICE=
NFSROOT=auto
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf
update_initramfs=yes
backup_initramfs=no
-- /etc/crypttab
sda3_crypt UUID=4047a03d-4df9-410f-93b0-47dad57bcdf0 none luks
-- mkinitramfs hooks
/etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/:
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks:
cryptgnupg
cryptgnupg-sc
cryptkeyctl
cryptopensc
cryptpassdev
cryptroot
cryptroot-unlock
dmsetup
fsck
fuse
intel_microcode
keymap
klibc-utils
kmod
lvm2
ntfs_3g
reiserfsprogs
resume
thermal
udev
zz-busybox
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii initramfs-tools-core 0.132
ii linux-base 4.5
initramfs-tools recommends no packages.
Versions of packages initramfs-tools suggests:
ii bash-completion 1:2.8-5
-- no debconf information
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