Ubuntu Boot Issues
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Any attempt to remove old packages results in:
~$ sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.13.0-48-generic Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: linux-image-extra-3.13.0-105-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.13.0-105-generic but it is not going to be installed linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.13.0-105-generic but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). ~~~ -
Have you tried the suggestion yet?
apt-get -f install -
@scottalanmiller said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
Have you tried the suggestion yet?
apt-get -f install~$ sudo apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: linux-image-3.13.0-105-generic Suggested packages: fdutils linux-doc-3.13.0 linux-source-3.13.0 linux-tools The following NEW packages will be installed: linux-image-3.13.0-105-generic 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded. 11 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/15.3 MB of archives. After this operation, 43.2 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 648954 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-3.13.0-105-generic_3.13.0-105.152_amd64.deb ... Done. Unpacking linux-image-3.13.0-105-generic (3.13.0-105.152) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.13.0-105-generic_3.13.0-105.152_amd64.deb (--unpack): cannot copy extracted data for './boot/System.map-3.13.0-105-generic' to '/boot/System.map-3.13.0-105-generic.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device) No apport report written because the error message indicates a disk full error dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-105-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-105-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-105-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-105-generic Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.13.0-105-generic_3.13.0-105.152_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)Yes, and the above is the result.
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Ah, the issue appears to be that you allowed the disk to fill to a point that the automated tools can no longer manage it.
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cd into /boot and give us an ls
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i:/boot$ ls abi-3.13.0-100-generic abi-3.5.0-31-generic config-3.13.0-96-generic memtest86+.bin vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic abi-3.13.0-101-generic abi-3.5.0-32-generic config-3.13.0-98-generic memtest86+.elf vmlinuz-3.13.0-101-generic abi-3.13.0-103-generic abi-3.5.0-34-generic grub memtest86+_multiboot.bin vmlinuz-3.13.0-103-generic abi-3.13.0-62-generic abi-3.5.0-37-generic initrd.img-3.13.0-100-generic System.map-3.13.0-100-generic vmlinuz-3.13.0-62-generic abi-3.13.0-95-generic abi-3.5.0-39-generic initrd.img-3.13.0-101-generic System.map-3.13.0-101-generic vmlinuz-3.13.0-95-generic abi-3.13.0-96-generic abi-3.5.0-54-generic initrd.img-3.13.0-103-generic System.map-3.13.0-103-generic vmlinuz-3.13.0-96-generic abi-3.13.0-98-generic config-3.13.0-100-generic initrd.img-3.13.0-62-generic System.map-3.13.0-44-generic vmlinuz-3.13.0-98-generic abi-3.5.0-23-generic config-3.13.0-101-generic initrd.img-3.13.0-95-generic System.map-3.13.0-62-generic abi-3.5.0-27-generic config-3.13.0-103-generic initrd.img-3.13.0-96-generic System.map-3.13.0-95-generic abi-3.5.0-28-generic config-3.13.0-62-generic initrd.img-3.13.0-98-generic System.map-3.13.0-96-generic abi-3.5.0-30-generic config-3.13.0-95-generic lost+found System.map-3.13.0-98-generic -
Should be save to delete all of these. Copy them into /tmp if you are worried. Double check as you go, but these all seem to be unneeded.
abi-3.5.0-31-generic config-3.13.0-96-generic abi-3.5.0-32-generic config-3.13.0-98-generic abi-3.5.0-34-generic abi-3.13.0-62-generic abi-3.5.0-37-generic vmlinuz-3.13.0-62-generic abi-3.13.0-95-generic abi-3.5.0-39-generic vmlinuz-3.13.0-95-generic abi-3.13.0-96-generic abi-3.5.0-54-generic vmlinuz-3.13.0-96-generic abi-3.13.0-98-generic initrd.img-3.13.0-62-generic System.map-3.13.0-44-generic vmlinuz-3.13.0-98-generic abi-3.5.0-23-generic initrd.img-3.13.0-95-generic System.map-3.13.0-62-generic abi-3.5.0-27-generic initrd.img-3.13.0-96-generic System.map-3.13.0-95-generic abi-3.5.0-28-generic config-3.13.0-62-generic initrd.img-3.13.0-98-generic System.map-3.13.0-96-generic abi-3.5.0-30-generic config-3.13.0-95-generic System.map-3.13.0-98-generic -
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@BRRABill said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
Yep, exact issue I had.
YOU LET BOOT GET FULL. Lol. That's another feature, right @scottalanmiller
Not to make an excuse - but as someone who doesn't know much and is trying to learn Linux - I am not sure it can be said that I allowed it to happen.
Therefore - I blame it on the fain.
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@gjacobse said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
@BRRABill said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
Yep, exact issue I had.
YOU LET BOOT GET FULL. Lol. That's another feature, right @scottalanmiller
Not to make an excuse - but as someone who doesn't know much and is trying to learn Linux - I am not sure it can be said that I allowed it to happen.
Therefore - I blame it on the fain.
Oh I am on your side.
That was more a jab at @scottalanmiller
Who will now blame us.
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@gjacobse said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
@BRRABill said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
Yep, exact issue I had.
YOU LET BOOT GET FULL. Lol. That's another feature, right @scottalanmiller
Not to make an excuse - but as someone who doesn't know much and is trying to learn Linux - I am not sure it can be said that I allowed it to happen.
Therefore - I blame it on the fain.
Who deployed old Ubuntu in the first place? What server is this?
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
@gjacobse said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
@BRRABill said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
Yep, exact issue I had.
YOU LET BOOT GET FULL. Lol. That's another feature, right @scottalanmiller
Not to make an excuse - but as someone who doesn't know much and is trying to learn Linux - I am not sure it can be said that I allowed it to happen.
Therefore - I blame it on the fain.
Who deployed old Ubuntu in the first place? What server is this?
We took over this install
been running for ( x) years - it is for an UnFi controller. -
@gjacobse said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
We took over this install
been running for ( x) years - it is for an UnFi controller."It's been running for..." is another way of stating "it's been unmaintained for..."
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pass
Freed up enough space to move forward.
sudo rm -f (File list from above)Running:
sudo apt-get -f install
(2017 Feb 8: Updated with command used to remove files to free up space in /boot) -
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:/boot$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 231M 12K 231M 1% /dev tmpfs 49M 396K 48M 1% /run /dev/dm-0 49G 13G 34G 28% / none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 242M 0 242M 0% /run/shm none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user /dev/sda1 228M 155M 61M 72% /boot -
Run the auto-cleanup script now,too.
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
@gjacobse said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
I not sure what should be removed, but reading father down the article suggests just running
sudo apt-get autoremoveand this should be fine.Welcome to one of the many unpolished bits of Ubuntu compared to the other enterprise Linux offerings. It needs manual maintenance of updates. It's ridiculous. Yes, the autoremove option is the proper way to handle it.
LOL - see it's things like this, or XS's lack of autodetection being on USB and not disabling/moving Log Files like VMWare that just make some of us pull our hair out.
Don't get me wrong - Windows 10's desire to constantly change the default viewer for PDFs is currently driving me mad!
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@Dashrender said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
@gjacobse said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:
I not sure what should be removed, but reading father down the article suggests just running
sudo apt-get autoremoveand this should be fine.Welcome to one of the many unpolished bits of Ubuntu compared to the other enterprise Linux offerings. It needs manual maintenance of updates. It's ridiculous. Yes, the autoremove option is the proper way to handle it.
LOL - see it's things like this.... that just make some of us pull our hair out.
And that is why Ubuntu is not recommended for newbies to Linux or those not looking for a little more challenge. It's not polished and easy like CentOS is. It's fine, it's a very good system. It's easier than Windows. But it's not comparable to the OSes that would be recommended for someone coming to the Linux world.
The real question would be... why are you running Ubuntu if this is seen as a frustration? I realize in this case, Ubiquiti controllers more or less require it and that's a huge pain that they have introduced. But in general, just don't use it.
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topic updated as requested.
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@scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Boot Issues:
The real question would be... why are you running Ubuntu if this is seen as a frustration? I realize in this case, Ubiquiti controllers more or less require it and that's a huge pain that they have introduced. But in general, just don't use it.
Yep, this is why I use it.. Ubiquiti and XO.
