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Old 05-05-2020, 02:22 AM   #1
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/boot 100% used --- possible cause for broken update?


HAllo.
I am running Kubuntu 18.04, kernel 5.3.0-46-generic, 64bit.

I updated as usual the recommended packages, and result is that the system is broken.

DPKG tells me that nvidia-kernel-common-390, nvidia-dkms-390 and nvidia-driver-390 have been left unconfigured because of some problem with dependencies. (So now I am seeing the default 640x480 resolution!)

Moreover, DPKG tells me also that initramfs-tools and linux-image-5.3.0-51-generic post install script terminated with error status 1

There was also some criptic statement about space not being enough on some device, so I checked in the info center that my sda1 partition, mounted as /boot, has got no more space left (I had dimensioned it to 1 Gb, and now they appear to be 100% used up)

Question 1: can this be the cause of the unfinished package installation?

Question 2: why it was good for more than a year and now it is used up? Does it accumulate some garbage over time that I can clean up somehow?

Question 3: Do you think that it is safe trying to resize the /boot partition with the partition manager?

Question 4: is there some other way to proceed (barring a complete reinstall?)

Thank you very much
 
Old 05-05-2020, 03:36 AM   #2
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1. yes
2. you need to clean /boot and in general run apt autoremove to remove obsolete packages.
3. I don't think it is needed
4. yes, remove old kernel images from /boot and try again.
 
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Old 05-05-2020, 11:58 AM   #3
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apt autoremove worked.

Thank you very much.
 
Old 05-05-2020, 01:59 PM   #4
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you are welcome.
If you think your problem is solved please mark the thread solved.
Also if you wish to say thanks just click on yes.
 
Old 05-06-2020, 07:38 AM   #5
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Thank you very much again
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