Re: [Bug 798414] Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error message when there isn't enough free space
I still think a simpler solution, one that all users, novice or newbie, could use is a GUI that lists the pertinent information and allows deletion of any older and unused kernels. This may offend some purists, but to me, the idea is to make linux easy to use and maintain for those that finally make the break from MicroSoft.. On 07/12/2017 02:14 PM, Jason Mast wrote: > While it is helpful for new users to have to google shell commands and > identify solutions to problems, this simply occurs too often. The > solution is the same every time. It is repetitive and annoying, > > the script could store the new and old information in different > locations to avoid the lack of space, the boot could be made larger by > default, options could be presented to the user rather than simply > failing, backup information for old kernals could be stored elsewhere > (and only the most recent moved to boot for compatibility) ... etc. > > a sample dialog would be > "there is not enough space for the boot information, there are too many items > being retained in /boot, but it is strongly suggested that you maintain some > backup kernals as updates can cause issues with new or old hardware. Please > choose the number of old backups to maintain and the frequency with which > they should be replaced" > then have a dialog that lists options like (daily weekly monthly yearly and > no backups) and an option to store them tarred in another location that does > not fill up ... also it should list the size of the individual groups of > files (by date) ... and it should explain that this is a kernal backup not a > file backup > > also boot should be bigger > > and there should be a semipermanent configuration change listed on the > forum rather than the delete old kernals solution - which is just a > bandaid in that you will just have to repeatedly do it, because > sometimes i just want to turn the thing on and play minecraft (and my > timesink of choice is not system administration) > > Anyway,the point of "automatic updates" is they happen automatically, > and you dont have to mess with them, this bug forces you to mess with > them > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798414 Title: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error message when there isn't enough free space To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/initramfs-tools/+bug/798414/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 798414] Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space
Why not just write a little GUI app for us , so that we "command line illiterates" can take care of this. We need to select what we want deleted, just getting rid of the old, I understand, may not be what is wanted. Bill On 05/05/2017 03:13 AM, Michael Baker wrote: > On booting I am told that a system program has encountered an error and asked > if I want to send a report. On saying yes I'm told that the bug has already > been reported and that it is "update-initramfs should produce a more helpful > error when there isn't enough free space". > This is so far from what is happening that it is infuriating. > The basis of the problem is that /boot is not being cleaned up automatically. > This was a bug which was supposedly fixed in 16.04 UTS, but apparently not. > As a retired software engineer I know that I can clean up /boot manually, and > have done so many times. > However I shouldn't have to. > Please stop classifying the /boot partition being full as "update-initramfs > should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space". > This bug (/boot not being cleaned up automatically) should be given the > highest possible importance. > It must be a complete turn of to any ubuntu user who does not have computer > science skills (and to many who do). > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798414 Title: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/initramfs-tools/+bug/798414/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1573962] [NEW] package gconf2 3.2.6-3ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1551623 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1551623 Public bug reported: I'm not sure. I received the error and was asked if I wanted to report it. So I clicked yes, saw the details, which I diodn't understand and here I am. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gconf2 3.2.6-3ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 22 22:09:21 2016 ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-19 (186 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1 apt 1.2.10ubuntu1 SourcePackage: gconf Title: package gconf2 3.2.6-3ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-23 (0 days ago) ** Affects: gconf (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1573962 Title: package gconf2 3.2.6-3ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/1573962/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 798414] Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space
I can't believe they haven't taken care of this yet. When I go to delete the older kernels I get denied. I tried some other things I saw mentioned but, probably because I didn't know what I was doing, they didn't work for me either. Now, I make sure all my data is on the other hard drive and just reinstall the system... start over. I am running Lubuntu 15.04 now, we'll see. On 10/12/2015 02:26 PM, Justin wrote: > I had this problem about a month ago and deleted old kernels and it > worked fine at that point. I had tried a few different flavors before I > settled on Lubuntu so I thought that might be why I had the older kernel > versions floating around. Here I am with the same problem again. > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root 228G 14G 204G 7% / > none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup > udev 479M 8.0K 479M 1% /dev > tmpfs 99M 1.5M 98M 2% /run > none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock > none 493M 76K 493M 1% /run/shm > none 100M 24K 100M 1% /run/user > /dev/sda2237M 232M 0 100% /boot > > sda2 is chock full again so I checked my kernels: > > i linux-image-3.16.0-44-generic - Linux kernel image for version 3.16.0 > on 3 > i linux-image-3.16.0-45-generic - Linux kernel image for version 3.16.0 > on 3 > i linux-image-3.16.0-46-generic - Linux kernel image for version 3.16.0 > on 3 > i linux-image-3.16.0-48-generic - Linux kernel image for version 3.16.0 > on 3 > i linux-image-3.16.0-49-generic - Linux kernel image for version 3.16.0 > on 3 > i linux-image-3.16.0-50-generic - Linux kernel image for version 3.16.0 > on 3 > i linux-image-extra-3.16.0-44-gen - Linux kernel extra modules for version > 3.1 > i linux-image-extra-3.16.0-45-gen - Linux kernel extra modules for version > 3.1 > i linux-image-extra-3.16.0-46-gen - Linux kernel extra modules for version > 3.1 > i linux-image-extra-3.16.0-48-gen - Linux kernel extra modules for version > 3.1 > i linux-image-extra-3.16.0-49-gen - Linux kernel extra modules for version > 3.1 > > I am confident that I had deleted all but 49 and 50 last time but here > they are again. I'll admit that I am a relative noob on linux so the > problem may be with the user! I am posting this information primarily to > try and help. I'm going to delete the extra kernels again and see how it > goes. > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798414 Title: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/initramfs-tools/+bug/798414/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 798414] Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space
Lance, I found that the installation creates a 241 meg partician that is a mirror of the /boot directory. That is what gets filled up. I finally gave up trying to make more space and reinstalled the system. I am not Ubuntu literate enough to figure out the command line instructions. You would think they would create the larger space during the install if this becomes a problem. I like and use Ubuntu all the time and have recommended it to friends who are not as computer literate as myself. They will not be able to fix this themselves. I have multiple hard drives, internal and external on my computer, so nothing on the drive containing the operating system is really important. All data is stored on other drives. starting over fresh is a pain in the butt, but put the problem off until The space is used up again. Bill On 02/19/2015 02:38 AM, LanceZ wrote: I have over 400GB free, so no I'm not low on disk space. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798414 Title: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/initramfs-tools/+bug/798414/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 798414] Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space
I don't know which kernals are okayu to delete. I have had update problems before where I was told to delete old, or unused kernals. I would do this if I could tell which ones to delete. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798414 Title: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/initramfs-tools/+bug/798414/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
