It is odd that you have so many marked manually installed. Unless you actually installed those packages manually, they should be marked as automatically installed. We do keep a few kernels installed, so that it's possible to boot back to a previous kernel if an update causes problems, but it shouldn't be that many, and to my understanding that doesn't involve marking packages as manually installed anyhow. So I'm not sure how that might have happened.
It should be safe to mark 5.8.0-50, assuming you have the linux- lowlatency package installed. With it being the current kernel in groovy-updates the linux-lowlatency meta package will depend on it and prevent it from being removed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1925783 Title: installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I've got update from KDE Discover and it showed an error "installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1". However, i didn't took a detailed look at it. When i tried to apt install a package, this error showed up: Selecting previously unselected package ndisc6. (Reading database ... 409324 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ndisc6_1.0.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking ndisc6 (1.0.4-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.4) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Setting up linux-firmware (1.187.11) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.8.0-50-lowlatency I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2 I: (/dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-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-5.8.0-50-lowlatency with 1. dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure): installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Setting up ndisc6 (1.0.4-1ubuntu1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/rltraceroute6 to provide /usr/bin/traceroute6 (traceroute6) in auto mode Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.4) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.8.0-50-lowlatency I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2 I: (/dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-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-5.8.0-50-lowlatency with 1. dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure): installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-firmware initramfs-tools E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: linux-firmware 1.187.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-50.56~20.04.1-lowlatency 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-50-lowlatency x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: lyubo 260326 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: lyubo 260326 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/timer: lyubo 260326 f.... pulseaudio CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Date: Fri Apr 23 14:01:02 2021 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-27 (116 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b5f7 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd HD WebCam Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0aa7 Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 005: ID 275d:0ba6 USB OPTICAL MOUSE Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: Acer Aspire A515-51G PackageArchitecture: all ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.8.0-50-lowlatency root=/dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-root ro quiet splash lockdown=confidentiality vt.handoff=7 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.8.0-50-lowlatency N/A linux-backports-modules-5.8.0-50-lowlatency N/A linux-firmware 1.187.11 SourcePackage: linux-firmware UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/03/2019 dmi.bios.release: 2.2 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp. dmi.bios.version: V2.02 dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Serial Number dmi.board.name: Charmander_KL dmi.board.vendor: KBL dmi.board.version: V2.02 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: V2.02 dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.17 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV2.02:bd01/03/2019:br2.2:efr1.17:svnAcer:pnAspireA515-51G:pvrV2.02:rvnKBL:rnCharmander_KL:rvrV2.02:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV2.02: dmi.product.family: Aspire 5 dmi.product.name: Aspire A515-51G dmi.product.sku: 0000000000000000 dmi.product.version: V2.02 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1925783/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
