[Bug 1911789] Re: package linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1

iPadGuy 1911789 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sat Jan 16 03:24:12 UTC 2021


I did a routine `sudo apt-get update` that resulted in the same error.

When I attempted to fix it with `sudo apt-get install -f`, I got the
following output:

sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.3) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.3) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.8.0-38-generic
E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/mdadm failed with return 1.
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.8.0-38-generic 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)

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Title:
  package linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1 failed to
  install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools
  exited with return code 1

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Upon upgrading the following error has been observed. I am not sure
  what caused this error. So i am attaching the whole list of things
  happened just before the error observed.

  lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
  Release:	20.04

  $ sudo apt upgrade

  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Calculating upgrade... Done
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    linux-headers-5.8.0-38-generic linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-38 linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic linux-modules-5.8.0-38-generic linux-modules-extra-5.8.0-38-generic
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    linux-generic-hwe-20.04 linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 linux-libc-dev
  4 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 78.4 MB of archives.
  After this operation, 372 MB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
  Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-modules-5.8.0-38-generic amd64 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1 [15.0 MB]
  Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic amd64 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1 [9,500 kB]                                                                            
  Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-modules-extra-5.8.0-38-generic amd64 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1 [40.1 MB]                                                                     
  Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-generic-hwe-20.04 amd64 5.8.0.38.43~20.04.23 [1,932 B]                                                                                 
  Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 amd64 5.8.0.38.43~20.04.23 [2,624 B]                                                                           
  Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-38 all 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1 [11.3 MB]                                                                             
  Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-headers-5.8.0-38-generic amd64 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1 [1,237 kB]                                                                          
  Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 amd64 5.8.0.38.43~20.04.23 [2,516 B]                                                                         
  Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-libc-dev amd64 5.4.0-62.70 [1,116 kB]                                                                                                  
  Fetched 78.4 MB in 2min 19s (564 kB/s)                                                                                                                                                                       
  Selecting previously unselected package linux-modules-5.8.0-38-generic.
  (Reading database ... 239086 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../0-linux-modules-5.8.0-38-generic_5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-modules-5.8.0-38-generic (5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic.
  Preparing to unpack .../1-linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic_5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic (5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package linux-modules-extra-5.8.0-38-generic.
  Preparing to unpack .../2-linux-modules-extra-5.8.0-38-generic_5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-modules-extra-5.8.0-38-generic (5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1) ...
  Preparing to unpack .../3-linux-generic-hwe-20.04_5.8.0.38.43~20.04.23_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-generic-hwe-20.04 (5.8.0.38.43~20.04.23) over (5.8.0.36.40~20.04.21) ...
  Preparing to unpack .../4-linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04_5.8.0.38.43~20.04.23_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (5.8.0.38.43~20.04.23) over (5.8.0.36.40~20.04.21) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-38.
  Preparing to unpack .../5-linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-38_5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1_all.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-38 (5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-5.8.0-38-generic.
  Preparing to unpack .../6-linux-headers-5.8.0-38-generic_5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-headers-5.8.0-38-generic (5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1) ...
  Preparing to unpack .../7-linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04_5.8.0.38.43~20.04.23_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 (5.8.0.38.43~20.04.23) over (5.8.0.36.40~20.04.21) ...
  Preparing to unpack .../8-linux-libc-dev_5.4.0-62.70_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-libc-dev:amd64 (5.4.0-62.70) over (5.4.0-60.67) ...
  Setting up linux-modules-5.8.0-38-generic (5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1) ...
  Setting up linux-libc-dev:amd64 (5.4.0-62.70) ...
  Setting up linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic (5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1) ...
  I: /boot/vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to vmlinuz-5.8.0-36-generic
  I: /boot/initrd.img.old is now a symlink to initrd.img-5.8.0-36-generic
  I: /boot/vmlinuz is now a symlink to vmlinuz-5.8.0-38-generic
  I: /boot/initrd.img is now a symlink to initrd.img-5.8.0-38-generic
  Setting up linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-38 (5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1) ...
  Setting up linux-headers-5.8.0-38-generic (5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1) ...
  /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
   * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.8.0-38-generic

  Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...
  applying patch disable_fstack-clash-protection_fcf-protection.patch...patching file Kbuild
  Hunk #1 succeeded at 85 (offset 14 lines).

  
  Building module:
  cleaning build area.....
  unset ARCH; [ ! -h /usr/bin/cc ] && export CC=/usr/bin/gcc; env NV_VERBOSE=1 'make' -j4 NV_EXCLUDE_BUILD_MODULES='' KERNEL_UNAME=5.8.0-38-generic IGNORE_XEN_PRESENCE=1 IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 SYSSRC=/lib/modul
  es/5.8.0-38-generic/build LD=/usr/bin/ld.bfd modules.......................................
  Signing module:
   - /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/460.32.03/5.8.0-38-generic/x86_64/module/nvidia-modeset.ko
   - /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/460.32.03/5.8.0-38-generic/x86_64/module/nvidia-drm.ko
   - /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/460.32.03/5.8.0-38-generic/x86_64/module/nvidia-uvm.ko
   - /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/460.32.03/5.8.0-38-generic/x86_64/module/nvidia.ko
  Secure Boot not enabled on this system.
  cleaning build area...

  DKMS: build completed.

  nvidia.ko:
  Running module version sanity check.
   - Original module
     - No original module exists within this kernel
   - Installation
     - Installing to /lib/modules/5.8.0-38-generic/updates/dkms/

  nvidia-modeset.ko:
  Running module version sanity check.
   - Original module
     - No original module exists within this kernel
   - Installation
     - Installing to /lib/modules/5.8.0-38-generic/updates/dkms/

  nvidia-drm.ko:
  Running module version sanity check.
   - Original module
     - No original module exists within this kernel
   - Installation
     - Installing to /lib/modules/5.8.0-38-generic/updates/dkms/

  nvidia-uvm.ko:
  Running module version sanity check.
   - Original module
     - No original module exists within this kernel
   - Installation
     - Installing to /lib/modules/5.8.0-38-generic/updates/dkms/

  depmod...

  DKMS: install completed.
     ...done.
  Setting up linux-modules-extra-5.8.0-38-generic (5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1) ...
  Setting up linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 (5.8.0.38.43~20.04.23) ...
  Setting up linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (5.8.0.38.43~20.04.23) ...
  Setting up linux-generic-hwe-20.04 (5.8.0.38.43~20.04.23) ...
  Processing triggers for linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic (5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1) ...
  /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
   * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.8.0-38-generic
     ...done.
  /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.8.0-38-generic
  sync: error syncing '/boot/initrd.img-5.8.0-38-generic': Input/output error
  run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
  dpkg: error processing package linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic (--configure):
   installed linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-36.40~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
  Uname: Linux 5.8.0-36-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  Date: Thu Jan 14 22:31:39 2021
  ErrorMessage: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-29 (16 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
  PythonDetails: N/A
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
   apt  2.0.2ubuntu0.2
  SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
  Title: package linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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