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update-manager package

update-manager crashed with CacheExceptionDpkgInterrupted in __init__()

Bug #519882 reported by Peter Sorensen
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update-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

Setting up initramfs-tools (0.92bubuntu64) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-12-generic
cpio: ./lib/udev/firmware.sh: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-12-generic
dpkg: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

This error is a side effect of bug 519855

== WORKAROUND ==
The workaround is to open a terminal and run the following command:
$ cd /lib/udev
$ sudo ln -s firmware firmware.sh
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

Or wait a few hours until the update is available on your mirror.
** Don't forget to remove the symlink before upgrading to the newest release of the faulty package.
Rebooting with after this error may or may not work depending on your hardware. **

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 10 23:03:08 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100113)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: update-manager 1:0.131.4
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined (enforce)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/update-manager --dist-upgrade
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_AU.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.17-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager', '--dist-upgrade']
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: update-manager crashed with CacheExceptionDpkgInterrupted in __init__()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic i686
UserGroups:

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Peter Sorensen (peter-sorensen2) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: added: bugpattern-needed
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
visibility: private → public
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Tom Pino (metalsmith-rangeweb) wrote :

This is the subject of a thread on the Ubuntuforums sub forum for testing 10.04. It is a bugger but the work around works.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1403446

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

This is a side effect of bug 519855
The workaround is to open a terminal and run the following command:
$ cd /lib/udev
$ sudo ln -s firmware firmware.sh
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

Or wait a few hours until the update is available on your mirror.
Don't forget to remove the symlink before upgrading to the newest release of the faulty package.

Rebooting with after this error may or may not work depending on your hardware.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Fix Released
description: updated
tags: removed: bugpattern-needed
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: added: bugpattern-needed
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Patrick (patrick-trentin) wrote :

Hi all.
I solved my problem with the update manager by hitting the following bash-lines:

~$ cd /
/$ sudo wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39011493/udev-firmware.patch
/$ sudo patch -Np0 < udev-firmware.patch
sudo rm udev-firmware.patch

These line-commands are suggested in the topic of the community forum linked above.

Thank for all your helpfulness guys.

Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
tags: added: bugpattern-written
removed: bugpattern-needed
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: added: bugpattern-needed
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Mathilda Young (gtrsdk) wrote :

Just had update-manager crash while doing a partial upgrade...

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Mathilda Young (gtrsdk) wrote :

So is there really a fix released or is the work around what is making the fix be released?

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Mathilda Young (gtrsdk) wrote :

Okay, just ran the workaround in a terminal and now update-manager works again... I see that there are lots of updates and one of them is for update-manager so yeah, there is a fix released...

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Annex (annex70) wrote :

Ok bug fixed!

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Rob Candee (rob-candee) wrote :

For those of us less familiar with commands, please clarify what is meant by "Don't forget to remove the symlink before upgrading to the newest release of the faulty package."
I presume "sudo ln -s firmware firmware.sh" created the link, but I need to find out how to remove it.

Thanks,

Rob Candee

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Rob Candee (rob-candee) wrote :

After some quick digging, I believe the command to remove the link is "sudo rm firmware.sh". It would be helpful if the instructions above included that.

The line "Or wait a few hours until the update is available on your mirror." may be misleading. I waited several days without any change. Only following the other instructions above (including removing the link) helped.

Thanks,

Rob Candee

Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx)
tags: removed: bugpattern-needed
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