Public bug reported: Running apt-get dist-upgrade on my system causes the below error, likely due to the read only filesystem from the Ubuntu TPM FDE setup.
root@ll-inspiron5585:~# apt dist-upgrade -y Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following upgrades have been deferred due to phasing: python3-distupgrade ubuntu-release-upgrader-core ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk zip The following packages will be upgraded: wireless-regdb 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/7,058 B of archives. After this operation, 1,024 B of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... 137199 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../wireless-regdb_2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1_all.deb ... Unpacking wireless-regdb (2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1) over (2022.06.06-0ubuntu2) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/wireless-regdb_2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1_all.deb (--unpack): unable to create '/lib/firmware/regulatory.db.dpkg-new' (while processing './lib/firmware/regulatory.db'): Read-only file system dpkg: error while cleaning up: unable to remove newly-extracted version of '/lib/firmware/regulatory.db': Read-only file system Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/wireless-regdb_2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.22 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-50.51-generic 6.8.12 Uname: Linux 6.8.0-50-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CrashDB: ubuntu CrashReports: 600:0:109:140382:2025-02-04 19:07:19.602934106 -0600:2025-02-04 19:11:41.577783969 -0600:/var/crash/wireless-regdb.0.crash Date: Tue Feb 4 19:24:04 2025 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: dist-upgrade UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade noble -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2097397 Title: Can't Upgrade wireless-regdb on Ubuntu 24.04 w/ TPM FDE To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/2097397/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs