Failed update linux-image-3.19.0-26-generic. Can't boot.

[kayoticsully]

Hello! I have tried searching around for this but I can't seem to find any solutions for my specific problem. My laptop is having trouble installing the package linux-image-3.19.0-26-generic. And not my system can not boot (that was mostly my fault in trying to fix this problem. I had un-installed previous kernels, and now I'm hosed since I cant get this to install).

The error output from apt-get upgrade is:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 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
E: Can not write log (Is /dev/pts mounted?) - posix_openpt (2: No such file or directory)
Setting up linux-image-3.19.0-26-generic (3.19.0-26.28) ...
Running depmod.

Usage: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs [OPTION]... -o outfile [version]

Options:
-c compress Override COMPRESS setting in initramfs.conf.
-d confdir Specify an alternative configuration directory.
-k Keep temporary directory used to make the image.
-o outfile Write to outfile.
-r root Override ROOT setting in initramfs.conf.

See mkinitramfs(8) for further details.
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-3.19.0-26-generic (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-3.19.0-26-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I have tried rebuilding my initrd image. I have tried running dpkg --configure -a which gives me no output at all. And when I run depmod manually (with no options.. i don't know much about depmod) I get the output:

depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /lib/modules/3.19.0-15-generic: No such file or directory
depmod: FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory

Some more info:
I have two encrypted drives that I am mounting at boot. Right now when I try to boot I can get to grub and start the boot process. It hangs at loading the initramfs and I never get prompted for my encrypted drive passwords. That could be a different issue all together, but figured I would mention it just in case it helps diagnose this problem as well.

Thanks in advance, any help is appreciated!

[TheFu]

Shot in the dark - was/is /boot full?

[kayoticsully]

I just checked. No my boot is only 4% full. I gave it plenty of space because I have run into that in the past. Good thought though, I hadn't checked that yet.


root@ubuntu:/# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvroot 20G 5.0G 14G 27% /
/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvhome 34G 2.3G 30G 7% /home
/dev/sda2 976M 35M 875M 4% /boot
/dev/sda1 197M 3.4M 194M 2% /boot/efi
udev 3.8G 0 3.8G 0% /dev

[TheFu]

Well - that's the end of my knowledge for how to fix this ... if you don't need a solution immediately, I'd wait another day or so for others to respond. Might be a trivial fix. I dunno.

OTOH, if you need it back ASAP and need some action now,
* ensure the last backup has everything
* do a fresh install then
* restore your stuff

[kayoticsully]

I ended up re-installing to solve the problem. It was just faster and easier than having the computer out of commission for a few days. If anyone could venture a guess as to what caused the issue it would be much appreciated :)

Otherwise, thank you for your help, hopefully this doesn't happen again!