[Freedombox-discuss] Problems doing dist-upgrade on DreamPlug

Cameron Bunch cdbunch at gmail.com
Wed Feb 22 18:35:28 UTC 2017 

I am trying to get a DreamPlug updated to the current version of 
FreedomBox with Plinth 0.13.1 but have encountered a problem. The 
upgrade fails to complete the Linux kernel update. This leaves the Linux 
images unconfigured. Any further attempts to upgrade fail because the 
attempt to setup initramfs-tools fails. The following is the transcript 
of the apt-get upgrade. A dist-upgrade does the same. Does anyone know 
what is wrong here and how I might fix it.

Note that I do end up with Plinth 0.13.1 installed and running but I 
cannot install any of the applications because the install processes 
always fail.

Regards and thanks for supporting a great product.

Cameron Bunch


root at freedombox:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian testing InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
root at freedombox:~# apt-get distupgrade
E: Invalid operation distupgrade
root at freedombox:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer 
required:
   libperl5.22 libslp1 macchanger netcat netcat-traditional 
perl-modules-5.22 python-dialog
   python-ndg-httpsclient
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 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 (0.127) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell (4.9.6-3) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating 
/boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-1-maroot at freedombox:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian testing InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
root at freedombox:~# apt-get distupgrade
E: Invalid operation distupgrade
root at freedombox:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer 
required:
   libperl5.22 libslp1 macchanger netcat netcat-traditional 
perl-modules-5.22 python-dialog
   python-ndg-httpsclient
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 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 (0.127) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell (4.9.6-3) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-1-marvell
Using DTB: kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb
Installing /usr/lib/linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell/kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb 
into /boot/dtbs/4.9.0-1-marvell/kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb
Taking backup of kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb.
Installing new kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb.
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/boot/dtb-4.9.0-1-marvell': 
Operation not permitted
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//flash-kernel exited with return 
code 1
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-marvell:
  linux-image-marvell depends on linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell; however:
   Package linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-marvell (--configure):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-kirkwood:
  linux-image-kirkwood depends on linux-image-marvell; however:
   Package linux-image-marvell is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-kirkwood (--configure):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.127) ...
ln: failed to create hard link 
'/boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-1-marvell.dpkg-bak' => 
'/boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-1-marvell': Operation not permitted
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-1-marvell
Using DTB: kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb
Installing /usr/lib/linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell/kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb 
into /boot/dtbs/4.9.0-1-marvell/kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb
Taking backup of kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb.
Installing new kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb.
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/boot/dtb-4.9.0-1-marvell': 
Operation not permitted
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//flash-kernel exited with return 
code 1
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
  linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell
  linux-image-marvell
  linux-image-kirkwood
  initramfs-tools
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E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root at freedombox:~#
rvell
Using DTB: kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb
Installing /usr/lib/linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell/kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb 
into /boot/dtbs/4.9.0-1-marvell/kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb
Taking backup of kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb.
Installing new kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb.
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/boot/dtb-4.9.0-1-marvell': 
Operation not permitted
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//flash-kernel exited with return 
code 1
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-marvell:
  linux-image-marvell depends on linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell; however:
   Package linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-marvell (--configure):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-kirkwood:
  linux-image-kirkwood depends on linux-image-marvell; however:
   Package linux-image-marvell is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-kirkwood (--configure):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.127) ...
ln: failed to create hard link 
'/boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-1-marvell.dpkg-bak' => 
'/boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-1-marvell': Operation not permitted
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-1-marvell
Using DTB: kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb
Installing /usr/lib/linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell/kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb 
into /boot/dtbs/4.9.0-1-marvell/kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb
Taking backup of kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb.
Installing new kirkwood-dreamplug.dtb.
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/boot/dtb-4.9.0-1-marvell': 
Operation not permitted
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//flash-kernel exited with return 
code 1
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
  linux-image-4.9.0-1-marvell
  linux-image-marvell
  linux-image-kirkwood
  initramfs-tools
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E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root at freedombox:~#

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