I kindly ask somebody experienced to help me with the following painful issue. Recently, my automated software updater suggested me to update linux-firmware. The update failed and I am receiving such message ever since during every update. I tried to google solutions and fix the issue but I never succeeded. Here is the summary of what I tried:
Here is what I obtain after executing sudo apt install linux-firmware:
$ sudo apt install linux-firmware
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-firmware is already the newest version (1.187.24).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
6 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.6) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-firmware (1.187.24) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-91-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2
I: (/dev/mapper/kubuntu--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-5.4.0-91-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Setting up linux-image-5.4.0-92-generic (5.4.0-92.103) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-firmware; however:
Package linux-firmware is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 5.4.0.92.96); however:
Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-hwe-18.04:
linux-generic-hwe-18.04 depends on linux-generic; however:
Package linux-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-hwe-18.04 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.6) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-91-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2
I: (/dev/mapper/kubuntu--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-5.4.0-91-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Processing triggers for linux-image-5.4.0-92-generic (5.4.0-92.103) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-92-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2
I: (/dev/mapper/kubuntu--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-5.4.0-92-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-5.4.0-92-generic (--configure):
installed linux-image-5.4.0-92-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-firmware
linux-image-generic
linux-generic
linux-generic-hwe-18.04
initramfs-tools
linux-image-5.4.0-92-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Here is the output which I get when I try sudo dpkg --configure -a:
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-5.4.0-92-generic; however:
Package linux-image-5.4.0-92-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.6) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 5.4.0.92.96); however:
Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up linux-firmware (1.187.24) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-91-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2
I: (/dev/mapper/kubuntu--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-5.4.0-91-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-hwe-18.04:
linux-generic-hwe-18.04 depends on linux-generic; however:
Package linux-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-hwe-18.04 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.6) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-91-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2
I: (/dev/mapper/kubuntu--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-5.4.0-91-generic 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-image-generic
linux-generic
linux-firmware
linux-generic-hwe-18.04
initramfs-tools
Finally, I also tried sudo apt --fix-broken install:
$ sudo apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
6 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.6) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-firmware (1.187.24) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-91-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2
I: (/dev/mapper/kubuntu--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-5.4.0-91-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Setting up linux-image-5.4.0-92-generic (5.4.0-92.103) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-firmware; however:
Package linux-firmware is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 5.4.0.92.96); however:
Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-hwe-18.04:
linux-generic-hwe-18.04 depends on linux-generic; however:
Package linux-generic is not configured yet.
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
No apport report wrrom a previous failure.
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg: error processing package linux-gen
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.6) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-91-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2
I: (/dev/mapper/kubuntu--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-5.4.0-91-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Processing triggers for linux-image-5.4.0-92-generic (5.4.0-92.
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-92-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2
I: (/dev/mapper/kubuntu--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-5.4.0-92-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-5.4.0-92-generic (--configure):
installed linux-image-5.4.0-92-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-firmware
linux-image-generic
linux-generic
linux-generic-hwe-18.04
initramfs-tools
linux-image-5.4.0-92-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I hope that somebody will be able to help me with the problem. Thank you very much in advance!
