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    Updates within 12.04 failing

    When I try to update 12.04 I hit a problem with initramfs (dependency failure) and the update process halts.

    I am using OS Version Linux 3.2.0-51 generic, KDE SC Version 4.8.5 (4.8.5) on an HP G60 laptop with an Intel Celeron CPU. This system also boots into Windows 7.

    A while back I had an update fail due to insufficient space in the partition on which root was mounted. I repartitioned the disk to make the partition bigger, and have encountered the above problem.

    Thanks,

    Richard

    #2
    You aren't telling us 'how' the update is failing. What error message(s) are you receiving? Open a console and type:
    Code:
    df -hT --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=devtmpfs
    Copy/paste the output.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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      #3
      OK, here's the output from the df:

      Code:
      dickwadm@dickwHP-laptop:~$ df -hT --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=devtnpfs
      Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
      /dev/sda5      ext3       20G  9.8G  8.9G  53% /
      udev           devtmpfs  1.5G  4.0K  1.5G   1% /dev
      /dev/sdb5      ext3       92G   17G   71G  20% /home
      /dev/sda7      ext3      9.2G  150M  8.6G   2% /opt
      /dev/sda8      ext3       30G  170M   28G   1% /usr/local
      and here is what I get when I tried to run updates this morning using Apper.
      Code:
      Package failed to install - Apper
      One of the selected packages failed to install correctly.
      More information is available in the detailed report.
      
      Details
      dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
      and when I click on OK it goes back to the initial Apper screen, which contains:
      Code:
      initramfs-tools                  0.99ubuntu13.2    48.1 KiB
      linux-generic                    3.2.0.53.63           1.7 KiB
      linux-image-generic           3.2.0.53.63           2.3 KiB
      I also have screenshots.
      I know that this is different from the original problem but it may provide a clue. If necessary I can restore the root partition and start over again, this time trying to get screenshots of everything that happens.
      Last edited by SteveRiley; Sep 26, 2013, 10:44 PM.

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        #4
        Did you try sudo dpkg --configure -a
        Dell E1705 Intel Core 2 Duo with Kubuntu 17.10.
        Nvidia Go7950GTX Graphics
        4gig Ram
        Close Windows and open the world!!

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          #5
          OK, I tried that and here's what I got:

          dickwadm@dickwHP-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
          [sudo] password for dickwadm:
          dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of initramfs-tools:
          initramfs-tools depends on initramfs-tools-bin (<< 0.99ubuntu13.1.1~); however:
          Version of initramfs-tools-bin on system is 0.99ubuntu13.2.
          dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
          dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
          dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-3.2.0-53-generic:
          linux-image-3.2.0-53-generic depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.36ubuntu6); however:
          Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
          dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-53-generic (--configure):
          dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
          dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic:
          linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.36ubuntu6); however:
          Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
          dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic (--configure):
          dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
          dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
          linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic; however:
          Package linux-image-3.2.0-52-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 (= 3.2.0.52.62); however:
          Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
          linux-generic depends on linux-headers-generic (= 3.2.0.52.62); however:
          Version of linux-headers-generic on system is 3.2.0.53.63.
          dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
          dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
          dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apparmor:
          apparmor depends on initramfs-tools; however:
          Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
          dpkg: error processing apparmor (--configure):
          dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
          dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apparmor-utils:
          apparmor-utils depends on apparmor (>= 2.6.1-4ubuntu1); however:
          Package apparmor is not configured yet.
          dpkg: error processing apparmor-utils (--configure):
          dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
          Errors were encountered while processing:
          initramfs-tools
          linux-image-3.2.0-53-generic
          linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic
          linux-image-generic
          linux-generic
          apparmor
          apparmor-utils
          dickwadm@dickwHP-laptop:~$


          It looks like several oackages need to be restored back. Should I just restore the original root partition and start over?

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