DebuggingUpdateErrors

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 * The system ran out of disk space. Bug 105113 was a request to detect this prior to performing any updates. For the most part, these bugs should be marked Invalid.  * The system ran out of disk space. Bug 105113 was a request to detect this prior to performing any updates. These bugs should be marked Invalid against the kernel.

Users will sometimes run into errors performing updates on their system. Apport will usually detect these failures and file a bug in Launchpad. These bugs can be identified by the bug tag 'apport-package'. Unfortunately these bugs sometimes get assigned to the "linux" kernel package in Launchpad when the issue is really a result of a non-kernel related problem. It's best to examine the DpkgTerminalLog file that is usually attached to these bug reports as it contains descriptive error message output. Documented below are a few commonly reported issues, the DpkgTerminalLog messages that point to the real issue and the bug number it should be marked a duplicate of.

Bug:105113 - No space left on device

  • Bug 105113

  • The system ran out of disk space. Bug 105113 was a request to detect this prior to performing any updates. These bugs should be marked Invalid against the kernel. 
    gzip: stdout: No space left on device

Bug:252900 - Wubi Kernel Upgrade Fails

  • Bug 252900 

    E: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic_2.6.24-19.36_i386.deb: unable to make backup link of `./boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic' before installing new version: Operation not permitted

Bug:71979 - short ready in buffer_copy

  • Bug 71979 

    short read in buffer_copy . . .

Bug:292159 - Error exit status 17

  • Bug 292159

  • This was really a casper bug on USB devices which should be resolved as of casper 1.162 
    update-initramfs is disabled since running on a live CD
Failed to symbolic-link /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic to initrd.img.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17

Bug:193439 - exit status 2; update-grub fails when default is "saved"

  • Bug 193439

  • specifically note the expr: non-numeric argument line. Also, it's best to ask the reporter for the contents of /boot/grub/default to verify before marking it as a duplicate. 

    Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found:
/boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
expr: non-numeric argument
User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 2
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-8-generic (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Bug:326881 - corrupt .deb

  • Bug 326881 

    Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14 (using .../linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic_2.6.27-7.16_amd64.deb) ...
Done.
Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic ...
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic_2.6.27-7.16_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2

Bug:322064 - files list file for package ... is missing final newline

Bug:311280 - dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package

  • Bug 311280 

    dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libexempi3' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libgtkspell0' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `python-pkg-resources' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
etc...
...
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10

Bug:269539 - exited with value 3; grub 3-way merge menu.lst

  • Bug 269539 

    Merging changes into the new version

Conflicts found! Please edit `/var/run/grub/menu.lst' and sort them out manually.
The file `/var/run/grub/menu.lst.ucf-new' has a record of the failed merge of the configuration file.

User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 3

Bug:271246 - /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

  • Bug 271246 

    debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

Bug:261392 - exit status 2; grub removed or not installed

  • Bug 261392 

    cp: cannot stat `/etc/udev/rules.d/65-mdadm.vol_id.rules': No such file or directory
The provided postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] could not be run.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-23-386 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Bug:303825 or Bug:331675 - nvidia-common exited with return code 10

  • Bug 303825 or Bug 331675 

    run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10

Bug:13130 - debconf uninitialized variable

  • Bug 13130 

    Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 57, <$__ANONIO__> line 1.

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