Warning: removing kernel packages can be dangerous, and might even leave your system unable to boot, so please don't do this if you don't understand what is going on.
I fixed this on my system by removing some old kernels, that I am not using any more. I checked what kernel I am using like this: uname -r This gave me a version number of a kernel I MUST NOT remove because I am using it. Then I checked what kernels were installed like this: sudo apt-get remove linux-<TAB> I.e. I typed "sudo apt-get remove linux-" and pressed the TAB key twice to see a list of possible completions. I chose the linux-image-* and linux-image-extra-* packages that contained versions of the kernel that I was not running, and removed them like this: sudo apt-get remove linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic linux-image- extra-3.5.0-17-generic linux-image-3.5.0-19-generic linux-image- extra-3.5.0-19-generic The exact list of packages in the "remove" line might be different for you - I found it out by doing what I describe at the top. Then I made sure the recently-downloaded kernel packages that failed to configure were ok by running: sudo apt-get upgrade Warning: removing kernel packages can be dangerous, and might even leave your system unable to boot, so please don't do this if you don't understand what is going on. -- 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/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/798414/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
