Cloud Geek Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Error while installing package: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 it seems to be blocking all os updates....not sure how to resolve this. any help would be appreciated (long time windows guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted September 22, 2021 Global Moderator Share Posted September 22, 2021 //moved to the Linux section. I'm not familiar with PopOS ... but I did come across this. https://support.system76.com/articles/package-manager-pop ?? Cloud Geek 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Geek Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 On 22/09/2021 at 18:18, Jim K said: //moved to the Linux section. I'm not familiar with PopOS ... but I did come across this. https://support.system76.com/articles/package-manager-pop ?? Tried it but no luck it mentioned the same error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Geek Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 Setting up linux-firmware (1.199+system76~1627913034~21.04~a184ea1) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.11.0-7633-generic cryptsetup: WARNING: Resume target cryptswap uses a key file Error 24 : Write error : cannot write compressed block E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 lz4 -9 -l 24 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.11.0-7633-generic with 1. dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure): installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned e rror exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-firmware E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) On 22/09/2021 at 15:49, Cloud Geek said: Setting up linux-firmware (1.199+system76~1627913034~21.04~a184ea1) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.11.0-7633-generic cryptsetup: WARNING: Resume target cryptswap uses a key file Error 24 : Write error : cannot write compressed block E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 lz4 -9 -l 24 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.11.0-7633-generic with 1. dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure): installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned e rror exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-firmware E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Make sure /boot has enough free space. There also might be something wrong with the package. Mindovermaster 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted September 23, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2021 Just one thing that might clean this up, don't quote me, but did you try restarting the system? That usually flushes out any issues that might arise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Also, is TimeShift and option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Geek Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 On 22/09/2021 at 20:10, Mindovermaster said: Just one thing that might clean this up, don't quote me, but did you try restarting the system? That usually flushes out any issues that might arise. I have restarted. Today ontop of the other updates it failed to update libre office math first with Error while installing package: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 On 22/09/2021 at 20:50, JustGeorge said: Also, is TimeShift and option? I'm not a linux person to be honest so I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Check if /boot is out of space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Geek Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 On 23/09/2021 at 19:14, adrynalyne said: Check if /boot is out of space. 522 MB — 118 MB free (77.4% full) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 On 23/09/2021 at 19:12, Cloud Geek said: I have restarted. Today ontop of the other updates it failed to update libre office math first with Error while installing package: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 I'm not a linux person to be honest so I have no idea. Timeshift is like System Restore in Windows. I can't remember if its part of Pop's default install though. You would also have had to enable it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Geek Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 23/09/2021 at 21:17, JustGeorge said: Timeshift is like System Restore in Windows. I can't remember if its part of Pop's default install though. You would also have had to enable it. It's not installed or setup....I'm likely lookingat a reinstall... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 28/09/2021 at 18:11, Cloud Geek said: It's not installed or setup....I'm likely lookingat a reinstall... Sorry to hear that. TS won't take the place of backing up your home dir but it will save your butt on almost everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted September 29, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 29, 2021 Back everything up and reinstall, about all you can do if you don't have that installed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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