linux-image-extra-3.8.0-23-generic Upgrade Fails

[CayleyGraph]

Hello, all.

Recently, when I ran Muon's update/upgrade procedures, it posted these error messages when it was finished:

linux-image-extra-3.8.0-23-generic
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

linux-image-generic
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

linux-generic
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Despite the errors, Kubuntu informed me that I needed to reboot my computer in order to complete the upgrade. In addition, the next time I installed something with Muon, I got these error messages again.

So far, I haven't had any additional problems. However, my experience with problems upgrading linux images is that they usually result in boot problems that require me to use a SystemRescueCd or something in order to fix them, so I've just been holding off on rebooting/powering down my computer since then.

Can anyone give me advice on how to fix these errors? Failing that, could somebody tell me if I'm being unnecessarily timid about rebooting?

Thank you for your time.

[SteveRiley]

For times like these, it's Suntory time. Oh, sorry. I mean command-line time.

Please show the output of:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

[CayleyGraph]

Thanks for your help.

The output from the commands was

Setting up linux-image-extra-3.8.0-23-generic (3.8.0-23.34) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.8.0-23-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-23-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.8.0-23-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-23-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.8.0-23-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-23-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-23-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-23-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-extra-3.8.0-23-generic.postinst line 1010.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-extra-3.8.0-23-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-extra-3.8.0-23-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-extra-3.8.0-23-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
 linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 3.8.0.23.39); however:
  Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-extra-3.8.0-23-generic
 linux-image-generic
 linux-generic

Even I could tell the messages meant my boot partition was full. I cleared some of the old kernel images away, re-ran the command, and it gives every sign of working properly now.

[SteveRiley]

Well, that was easy