Public bug reported: Atempting to install kdump-tools fails due to error in mkinitramfs:
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs -v -d /var/lib/kdump/initramfs-tools -o /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img-4.14.30-v7+.new -4.14.30-v7+ mkinitramfs: failed to determine device for / mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most, check: grep -r MODULES /etc/initramfs-tools/ Error please report bug on initramfs-tools Include the output of 'mount' and 'cat /proc/mounts' >From traces .... it seems it's getting tripped up because the root device specified in /proc/cmdline is in the form: root=PARTUUID=6ddc62b3-02 I changed the boot command line to read: root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 and kdump-tools installed correctly. Attaching output of /proc/mounts and mount for good measure. root@raspberrypi:/usr/share/initramfs-tools# mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,data=ordered) devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=470128k,nr_inodes=117532,mode=755) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000) tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755) tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k) tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer) systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=30,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct) mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime) sunrpc on /run/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime) configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,relatime) /dev/mmcblk0p1 on /boot type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro) tmpfs on /run/user/1001 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=94944k,mode=700,uid=1001,gid=100) root@raspberrypi:~# cat /proc/mounts /dev/root / ext4 rw,noatime,data=ordered 0 0 devtmpfs /dev devtmpfs rw,relatime,size=470128k,nr_inodes=117532,mode=755 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0 proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 0 0 tmpfs /run tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755 0 0 tmpfs /run/lock tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k 0 0 tmpfs /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/devices cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer 0 0 systemd-1 /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc autofs rw,relatime,fd=30,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct 0 0 mqueue /dev/mqueue mqueue rw,relatime 0 0 sunrpc /run/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw,relatime 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0 configfs /sys/kernel/config configfs rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/mmcblk0p1 /boot vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 0 tmpfs /run/user/1001 tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=94944k,mode=700,uid=1001,gid=100 0 0 ** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1779936 Title: mkinitramfs fails on Raspian 9 "Stretch" Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Atempting to install kdump-tools fails due to error in mkinitramfs: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs -v -d /var/lib/kdump/initramfs-tools -o /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img-4.14.30-v7+.new -4.14.30-v7+ mkinitramfs: failed to determine device for / mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most, check: grep -r MODULES /etc/initramfs-tools/ Error please report bug on initramfs-tools Include the output of 'mount' and 'cat /proc/mounts' From traces .... it seems it's getting tripped up because the root device specified in /proc/cmdline is in the form: root=PARTUUID=6ddc62b3-02 I changed the boot command line to read: root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 and kdump-tools installed correctly. Attaching output of /proc/mounts and mount for good measure. root@raspberrypi:/usr/share/initramfs-tools# mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,data=ordered) devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=470128k,nr_inodes=117532,mode=755) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000) tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755) tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k) tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer) systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=30,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct) mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime) sunrpc on /run/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime) configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,relatime) /dev/mmcblk0p1 on /boot type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro) tmpfs on /run/user/1001 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=94944k,mode=700,uid=1001,gid=100) root@raspberrypi:~# cat /proc/mounts /dev/root / ext4 rw,noatime,data=ordered 0 0 devtmpfs /dev devtmpfs rw,relatime,size=470128k,nr_inodes=117532,mode=755 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0 proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 0 0 tmpfs /run tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755 0 0 tmpfs /run/lock tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k 0 0 tmpfs /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/devices cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer 0 0 systemd-1 /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc autofs rw,relatime,fd=30,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct 0 0 mqueue /dev/mqueue mqueue rw,relatime 0 0 sunrpc /run/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw,relatime 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0 configfs /sys/kernel/config configfs rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/mmcblk0p1 /boot vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 0 tmpfs /run/user/1001 tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=94944k,mode=700,uid=1001,gid=100 0 0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1779936/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp