I hope that the following info helps
in some small degree. I first encountered this bug on 20190418 during a routine update. From the Synaptic update log Details: desktop-base (version 10.0.0) will be upgraded to version 10.0.2 + 9 other packages The most recent failure occurred on: 2019-09-16 Part of the package update was to: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64 The update failed because: From the Synaptic update log Details: W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_asd.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sos.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_rlc.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_mec2.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_mec.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_me.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_pfp.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_ce.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sdma1.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sdma.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_uvd.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_vce.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_smc.bin for module amdgpu pigz: abort: write error on <stdout> (No space left on device) E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 pigz 28 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64 with 1. run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1 dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.19.0-6-amd64 (--configure): installed linux-image-4.19.0-6-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Setting up samba-common-bin (2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u1) ... Checking smb.conf with testparm Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE From: Synaptic Commit Log for Sun Sep 8 16:57:24 2019 firmware-amd-graphics (version 20190114-1) was upgraded to version 20190114-2 https://packages.debian.org/buster/firmware-amd-graphics I have verified that firmware for "vega20" is not documented as being part of: Package: firmware-amd-graphics (20190114-2) [non-free] From hardinfo: Summary Computer Processor AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor Memory 16423MB (2190MB used) Machine Type Desktop Operating System Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) User Name archie (archie croom) Date/Time Wed 18 Sep 2019 09:05:01 AM CDT Display Resolution 1920x1080 pixels *** The following GPU is the ONLY graphic device ever installed in this system. *** OpenGL Renderer Radeon RX 560 Series (POLARIS11, DRM 3.27.0, 4.19.0-6-amd64, LLVM 7.0.1) X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation Audio Devices Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic Input Devices Power Button Power Button Logitech K270 Logitech M570 PC Speaker HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm:3 HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm:7 HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm:8 HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm:9 HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm:10 HD-Audio Generic Front Mic HD-Audio Generic Rear Mic HD-Audio Generic Line HD-Audio Generic Line Out HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone Eee PC WMI hotkeys Printers (CUPS) EPSON-XP-7100-Series Default XP-7100-Series Operating System Version Kernel Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 (x86_64) Version #1 SMP Debian 4.19.67-2 (2019-08-28) C Library GNU C Library / (Debian GLIBC 2.28-10) 2.28 Distribution Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) An attempt to reclaim space to resolve the write error which was noted above: archie@debian:~$ sudo apt autoremove [sudo] password for archie: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... 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. Setting up initramfs-tools (0.133+deb10u1) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.133+deb10u1) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_asd.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sos.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_rlc.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_mec2.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_mec.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_me.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_pfp.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_ce.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sdma1.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sdma.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_uvd.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_vce.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_smc.bin for module amdgpu pigz: abort: write error on <stdout> (No space left on device) E: mkinitramfs failure pigz 28 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64 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: initramfs-tools E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) archie@debian:~$ One question to resolve is "Why is there a dependency on a firmware driver that could not be used on this system?" Where do I go from here? Archie |