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Ubuntu 14.10 (utopic) reached end-of-life on July 23, 2015. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it anymore. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in. ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1450972 Title: package linux-image-3.16.0-36-generic 3.16.0-36.48 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1 Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Upgrading Ubuntu 14.04 to 14.10 kernel install failed. Removing the "syslinux" package solved the problem and let the packages get configured, but it hangs with a black screen when I reboot into the new kernel. This is a new Dell XPS 13 that came with Ubuntu 14.04 ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: linux-image-3.16.0-36-generic 3.16.0-36.48 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-51.84-generic 3.13.11-ckt18 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-51-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.4 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: yuriy 2550 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: yuriy 2550 F.... pulseaudio Date: Fri May 1 21:56:13 2015 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-trusty-amd64-20140620-0 DuplicateSignature: package:linux-image-3.16.0-36-generic:3.16.0-36.48:run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1 ErrorMessage: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=38abb4d0-3d8e-4698-abc4-204191048f6c InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-24 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20140620-04:25 MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9343 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-51-generic root=UUID=891dc704-43c6-427a-8885-0fa22b5817ab ro quiet splash pcie_aspm=force radeon.modeset=0 nouveau.modeset=0 video.use_native_backlight=1 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc N/A SourcePackage: initramfs-tools Title: package linux-image-3.16.0-36-generic 3.16.0-36.48 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2015-05-02 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/25/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A03 dmi.board.name: 0TM99H dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd03/25/2015:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139343:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0TM99H:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS 13 9343 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1450972/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp