Oh, shoot. I forgot to update this. For some reason, my instance was keeping at least 8 older versions of the kernel. This was keeping my /boot partition too full.
I manually removed the oldest 3 kernels, and reran the update/upgrade commands. 45 installed properly. There is no more issue. Unless, you can tell me how to keep only 4 or 5 kernels installed at any given time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1635867 Title: 16.04 4.4.0-45-generic is missing drivers for ESXi Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in linux-lts-xenial package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I am getting a kernel panic and needing to boot with 4.4.0-42. The install does not complete, and I get "VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown block (0,0)" when booting with 45. I am using ESXi 6u2 with Ubuntu 16.04.1. faaez@Plex2:~$ sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y ; sudo apt-get autoremove -y Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [94.5 kB] Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/hsoft/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [95.7 kB] Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease Fetched 190 kB in 0s (323 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 11 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.5) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Setting up linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic (4.4.0-45.66) ... Running depmod. update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later) The link /initrd.img is a dangling linkto /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic ) points to /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic (/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic.postinst line 491. Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-45-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-45-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic gzip: stdout: No space left on device E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-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-4.4.0-45-generic.postinst line 1052. dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic; however: Package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic: linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic; however: Package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet. linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic; however: Package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic: linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 4.4.0.45.48); however: Package linux-image-generic is not configured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-lts-wily: linux-generic-lts-wily depends on linux-generic; however: Package linux-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-lts-wily (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic (4.4.0-42.62) ... run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-42-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-42-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic gzip: stdout: No space left on device E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic with 1. run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1 dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic: linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic (= 4.4.0-45.66); however: Package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-image-generic: linux-signed-image-generic depends on linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic; however: Package linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet. linux-signed-image-generic depends on linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic; however: Package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-image-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-generic: linux-signed-generic depends on linux-signed-image-generic (= 4.4.0.45.48); however: Package linux-signed-image-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-generic-lts-wily: linux-signed-generic-lts-wily depends on linux-signed-generic; however: Package linux-signed-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-generic-lts-wily (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.5) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic gzip: stdout: No space left on device E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic with 1. dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic linux-image-generic linux-generic linux-generic-lts-wily linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic linux-signed-image-generic linux-signed-generic linux-signed-generic-lts-wily initramfs-tools E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 11 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.5) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Setting up linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic (4.4.0-45.66) ... Running depmod. update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later) The link /initrd.img is a dangling linkto /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic ) points to /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic (/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic.postinst line 491. Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-45-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-45-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic gzip: stdout: No space left on device E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-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-4.4.0-45-generic.postinst line 1052. dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic; however: Package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic: linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic; however: Package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet. linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic; however: Package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic: linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 4.4.0.45.48); however: Package linux-image-generic is not configured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-lts-wily: linux-generic-lts-wily depends on linux-generic; however: Package linux-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-lts-wily (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic (4.4.0-42.62) ... run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-42-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-42-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic gzip: stdout: No space left on device E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic with 1. run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1 dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic: linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic (= 4.4.0-45.66); however: Package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-image-generic: linux-signed-image-generic depends on linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic; however: Package linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet. linux-signed-image-generic depends on linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic; however: Package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-image-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-generic: linux-signed-generic depends on linux-signed-image-generic (= 4.4.0.45.48); however: Package linux-signed-image-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-generic-lts-wily: linux-signed-generic-lts-wily depends on linux-signed-generic; however: Package linux-signed-generic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-generic-lts-wily (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.5) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic gzip: stdout: No space left on device E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic with 1. dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic linux-image-generic linux-generic linux-generic-lts-wily linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic linux-signed-image-generic linux-signed-generic linux-signed-generic-lts-wily initramfs-tools E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) It seems that the auto configuration of 45 does not complete, rendering it useless and creating kernel panics with ESXi. faaez@Plex2:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 How to get info on kernel? It's not listed below. I expected the kernel to be autoconfigured for ESXi. I got kernel panics instead. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1635867/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
