vfotop1
July 7th, 2018, 12:13 PM
This is really very embarassing for me,never had to create a thread until now as always reading threads from this forum solved my problems. However this time I can't find a solution so i'm asking for your help. I have reads tens of threads about systems stuck with kernels that can't be removed but none of the solutions provided seems to solve my case.
My server is running on a 4.4.0-87-generic kernel...however when I try to upgrade or even add a new package, all are stacked because old packages can't be removed. Especially
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-101-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-103-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-104-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-109-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-116-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-119-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-121-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-124-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-127-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-128-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-96-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-97-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-98-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Trying to do apt install -f, various purge methods with dpkg as well, manually remove files as proposed to other threads here, reinstall first, but in vain. An output of errors looks like this:
Removing linux-image-extra-4.4.0-96-generic (4.4.0-96.119) ...
depmod: FATAL: could not load /boot/System.map-4.4.0-96-generic: No such file or directory
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-96-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-96-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-96-generic
depmod: WARNING: could not open /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_7Gs0WJ/lib/modules/4.4.0-96-generic/modules.order: No such file or directory
depmod: WARNING: could not open /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_7Gs0WJ/lib/modules/4.4.0-96-generic/modules.builtin: No such file or directory
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/unattended-upgrades 4.4.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-96-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 4.4.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-96-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 4.4.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-96-generic
Generating grub configuration file ...
grub-probe: error: disk `mduuid/a41897fab803fd1759180dfca667926e,1' not found.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-96-generic (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Any help would be gladly appreciated!
my ls -la /boot/ output, looks like this:
ls -la /boot/
total 172732
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 7 14:09 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Jul 5 10:50 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1251634 Jun 14 16:24 abi-4.4.0-130-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1246670 Jul 18 2017 abi-4.4.0-87-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190566 Jun 14 16:24 config-4.4.0-130-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190356 Jul 18 2017 config-4.4.0-87-generic
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 7 14:09 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138167 Jul 7 14:07 initrd.img-4.4.0-101-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138511 Jul 7 14:07 initrd.img-4.4.0-103-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138511 Jul 7 14:07 initrd.img-4.4.0-104-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138128 Jul 7 14:07 initrd.img-4.4.0-109-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138130 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-112-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138517 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-116-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138239 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-119-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138233 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-121-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138253 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-124-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138263 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-127-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138259 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-128-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37979238 May 19 06:53 initrd.img-4.4.0-87-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138271 Jul 7 14:09 initrd.img-4.4.0-96-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138315 Jul 7 14:09 initrd.img-4.4.0-97-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138306 Jul 7 14:09 initrd.img-4.4.0-98-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 255 Jun 14 16:24 retpoline-4.4.0-130-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3900257 Jun 14 16:24 System.map-4.4.0-130-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3884173 Jul 18 2017 System.map-4.4.0-87-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 7156160 Jun 14 16:24 vmlinuz-4.4.0-130-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 7095888 Jul 18 2017 vmlinuz-4.4.0-87-generic
dpkg shows the following about kernels
dpkg -l | grep 'linux-*'
ii console-setup-linux 1.108ubuntu15.3 all Linux specific part of console-setup
ii libselinux1:amd64 2.4-3build2 amd64 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii linux-base 4.5ubuntu1~16.04.1 all Linux image base package
ii linux-firmware 1.157.18 all Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
iU linux-generic 4.4.0.130.136 amd64 Complete Generic Linux kernel and headers
ii linux-headers-4.4.0-130 4.4.0-130.156 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.4.0
ii linux-headers-4.4.0-130-generic 4.4.0-130.156 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-4.4.0-87 4.4.0-87.110 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.4.0
ii linux-headers-4.4.0-87-generic 4.4.0-87.110 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-generic 4.4.0.130.136 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers
iF linux-image-4.4.0-130-generic 4.4.0-130.156 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.4.0-87-generic 4.4.0-87.110 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-101-generic 4.4.0-101.124 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-103-generic 4.4.0-103.126 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-104-generic 4.4.0-104.127 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-109-generic 4.4.0-109.132 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic 4.4.0-112.135 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-116-generic 4.4.0-116.140 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-119-generic 4.4.0-119.143 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-121-generic 4.4.0-121.145 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-124-generic 4.4.0-124.148 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-127-generic 4.4.0-127.153 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-128-generic 4.4.0-128.154 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
iU linux-image-extra-4.4.0-130-generic 4.4.0-130.156 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-4.4.0-87-generic 4.4.0-87.110 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-96-generic 4.4.0-96.119 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-97-generic 4.4.0-97.120 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-98-generic 4.4.0-98.121 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
iU linux-image-generic 4.4.0.130.136 amd64 Generic Linux kernel image
ii util-linux 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.3 amd64 miscellaneous system utilities
My server is running on a 4.4.0-87-generic kernel...however when I try to upgrade or even add a new package, all are stacked because old packages can't be removed. Especially
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-101-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-103-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-104-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-109-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-116-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-119-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-121-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-124-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-127-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-128-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-96-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-97-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-98-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Trying to do apt install -f, various purge methods with dpkg as well, manually remove files as proposed to other threads here, reinstall first, but in vain. An output of errors looks like this:
Removing linux-image-extra-4.4.0-96-generic (4.4.0-96.119) ...
depmod: FATAL: could not load /boot/System.map-4.4.0-96-generic: No such file or directory
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-96-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-96-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-96-generic
depmod: WARNING: could not open /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_7Gs0WJ/lib/modules/4.4.0-96-generic/modules.order: No such file or directory
depmod: WARNING: could not open /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_7Gs0WJ/lib/modules/4.4.0-96-generic/modules.builtin: No such file or directory
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/unattended-upgrades 4.4.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-96-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 4.4.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-96-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 4.4.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-96-generic
Generating grub configuration file ...
grub-probe: error: disk `mduuid/a41897fab803fd1759180dfca667926e,1' not found.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-96-generic (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Any help would be gladly appreciated!
my ls -la /boot/ output, looks like this:
ls -la /boot/
total 172732
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 7 14:09 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Jul 5 10:50 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1251634 Jun 14 16:24 abi-4.4.0-130-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1246670 Jul 18 2017 abi-4.4.0-87-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190566 Jun 14 16:24 config-4.4.0-130-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190356 Jul 18 2017 config-4.4.0-87-generic
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 7 14:09 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138167 Jul 7 14:07 initrd.img-4.4.0-101-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138511 Jul 7 14:07 initrd.img-4.4.0-103-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138511 Jul 7 14:07 initrd.img-4.4.0-104-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138128 Jul 7 14:07 initrd.img-4.4.0-109-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138130 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-112-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138517 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-116-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138239 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-119-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138233 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-121-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138253 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-124-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138263 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-127-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138259 Jul 7 14:08 initrd.img-4.4.0-128-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37979238 May 19 06:53 initrd.img-4.4.0-87-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138271 Jul 7 14:09 initrd.img-4.4.0-96-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138315 Jul 7 14:09 initrd.img-4.4.0-97-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8138306 Jul 7 14:09 initrd.img-4.4.0-98-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 255 Jun 14 16:24 retpoline-4.4.0-130-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3900257 Jun 14 16:24 System.map-4.4.0-130-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3884173 Jul 18 2017 System.map-4.4.0-87-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 7156160 Jun 14 16:24 vmlinuz-4.4.0-130-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 7095888 Jul 18 2017 vmlinuz-4.4.0-87-generic
dpkg shows the following about kernels
dpkg -l | grep 'linux-*'
ii console-setup-linux 1.108ubuntu15.3 all Linux specific part of console-setup
ii libselinux1:amd64 2.4-3build2 amd64 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii linux-base 4.5ubuntu1~16.04.1 all Linux image base package
ii linux-firmware 1.157.18 all Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
iU linux-generic 4.4.0.130.136 amd64 Complete Generic Linux kernel and headers
ii linux-headers-4.4.0-130 4.4.0-130.156 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.4.0
ii linux-headers-4.4.0-130-generic 4.4.0-130.156 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-4.4.0-87 4.4.0-87.110 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.4.0
ii linux-headers-4.4.0-87-generic 4.4.0-87.110 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-generic 4.4.0.130.136 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers
iF linux-image-4.4.0-130-generic 4.4.0-130.156 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.4.0-87-generic 4.4.0-87.110 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-101-generic 4.4.0-101.124 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-103-generic 4.4.0-103.126 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-104-generic 4.4.0-104.127 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-109-generic 4.4.0-109.132 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic 4.4.0-112.135 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-116-generic 4.4.0-116.140 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-119-generic 4.4.0-119.143 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-121-generic 4.4.0-121.145 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-124-generic 4.4.0-124.148 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-127-generic 4.4.0-127.153 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-128-generic 4.4.0-128.154 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
iU linux-image-extra-4.4.0-130-generic 4.4.0-130.156 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-4.4.0-87-generic 4.4.0-87.110 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-96-generic 4.4.0-96.119 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-97-generic 4.4.0-97.120 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rH linux-image-extra-4.4.0-98-generic 4.4.0-98.121 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
iU linux-image-generic 4.4.0.130.136 amd64 Generic Linux kernel image
ii util-linux 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.3 amd64 miscellaneous system utilities