[SOLVED] Problem running apt autoremove

Mithrilhall · 11-19-2020, 02:41 PM

I'm attempting to run

Code:

sudo apt autoremove

and I'm getting the following error:

Code:

ThinkPad-T460:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ sudo apt autoremove 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.3) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-image-5.4.0-54-generic (5.4.0-54.60) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.3) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-53-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2
I: (/dev/mapper/neon--vg-swap_1)
I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
Error 24 : Write error : cannot write compressed block 
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 lz4 -9 -l 24
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-53-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
 installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for linux-image-5.4.0-54-generic (5.4.0-54.60) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-54-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2
I: (/dev/mapper/neon--vg-swap_1)
I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
Error 24 : Write error : cannot write compressed block 
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 lz4 -9 -l 24
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-54-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-5.4.0-54-generic (--configure):
 installed linux-image-5.4.0-54-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 initramfs-tools
 linux-image-5.4.0-54-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Any help would be appreciated.

berndbausch · 11-19-2020, 03:46 PM

The error message mentions error 24. This could be error ENFILE "Too many open files". If so, perhaps kernel parameter /proc/sys/fs/file-max needs adjustment, or any other configuration setting that affects the number of open files.

Mithrilhall · 11-19-2020, 04:08 PM

Current value of /proc/sys/fs/file-max is 9223372036854775807.

Mithrilhall · 11-19-2020, 04:10 PM

Output of df -h is:

Code:

ThinkPad-T460:/proc/sys/fs$ df -h
Filesystem                 Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev                       7.5G     0  7.5G   0% /dev
tmpfs                      1.6G  1.8M  1.6G   1% /run
/dev/mapper/neon--vg-root  467G  267G  177G  61% /
tmpfs                      7.6G  619M  7.0G   9% /dev/shm
tmpfs                      5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
tmpfs                      7.6G     0  7.6G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop3                  56M   56M     0 100% /snap/core18/1932
/dev/loop0                  98M   98M     0 100% /snap/core/10126
/dev/loop1                  56M   56M     0 100% /snap/core18/1885
/dev/loop2                 141M  141M     0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/98
/dev/loop4                  63M   63M     0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1506
/dev/loop5                  98M   98M     0 100% /snap/core/10185
/dev/loop6                 141M  141M     0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/100
/dev/loop7                  45M   45M     0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1440
/dev/sda1                  704M  627M   26M  97% /boot
tmpfs                      1.6G   40K  1.6G   1% /run/user/1000

Could I not have enough room in /boot?

Mithrilhall · 11-19-2020, 04:16 PM

I removed a file from /boot freeing up some room and all is good.