update-initramfs: upgrade problem

[snvv]

Hello,
Today I DU and I got the following error message

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# apt-get dist-upgrade 
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.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.98.8) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64 (2.6.38-3) ...
Running depmod.
Running update-initramfs.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-2-amd64
E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/iscan failed with return 1.
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-2-amd64
update-initramfs failed to create initrd image.
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
configured to not write apport reports
                                      Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-2-amd64
E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/iscan failed with return 1.
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-2-amd64
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
configured to not write apport reports
                                      Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64
 initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

So, please do not upgrade for a while before the issue is solved.

At the moment I can reboot and I can't see any problem but I do not know what is going to happen.

[viking777]

if your du says this:

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Then there haven't been any updates for you today (mind you as you don't appear to have run apt-get update - or you don't state that you have - that is not surprising)

But if it also says this:

2 not fully installed or removed.

Therefore has been a problem left behind from some previous update.

Probably

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sudo apt-get -f install

will cure it for you, or at least give you a clue as to what is wrong.

[snvv]

viking777
There was updates installed correctly. My quoted dist-upgrade was after the first DU (I did'n keep the info). That's why it says "2 not fully installed"
I am used (more than 7 years) to run dist-upgrade and not update in debian sid without problems.
From now on i will run an update first, but I have to solve my current problem for now.
Thank you

[snvv]

OK the problem was iscan. After removing the file I could DU correctly.
Then I installed iscan again and I got

# dpkg -i esci-interpreter-gt-f720_0.0.1-2_amd64.deb iscan_2.24.0-4.ltdl7_amd64.deb
Selecting previously deselected package esci-interpreter-gt-f720.
(Reading database ... 256718 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking esci-interpreter-gt-f720 (from esci-interpreter-gt-f720_0.0.1-2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package iscan.
Unpacking iscan (from iscan_2.24.0-4.ltdl7_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up iscan (2.24.0-4.ltdl7) ...

gzip: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64: not in gzip format
cpio: premature end of archive

gzip: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-2-amd64: not in gzip format
cpio: premature end of archive
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up esci-interpreter-gt-f720 (0.0.1-2) ...

Please note my comments in bold.
At least now the problem is gone and my scanner is working.