Breaking machines that are dist upgraded on ubuntu

[silles79]

Upgrade ubuntu to 24.04 and initrams was broken, turns out to be

apt-cache policy initramfs-tools initramfs-tools: Installed: 2:0.140ubuntu13.4-tux1 Candidate: 2:0.140ubuntu13.4-tux1 Version table: *** 2:0.140ubuntu13.4-tux1 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

which seems to be comming from tuxedo repo and very old version. More info here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/2067374

[vinzv]

This should be fixed by now, just upgrade your system.

Thanks for pointing out!

[silles79]

My system was updated.

I had to manually purge and install official packages Maybe just got unlucky and upgraded at the wrong time :shrug:

[vinzv]

No, you weren't. We just fixed that problem after you reported it.

So, thanks again for doing so!

[silles79]

ok I see. also on top of that distupgrade disabled your repos. so even when I was trying to update it wasn't doing anything

[vinzv]

That is a normal Ubuntu behavior and we document that for upgrades we have tested and approved, like 20.04 to 22.04: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Instructions/Upgrade-to-Ubuntu-22-04-LTS-and-TUXEDO-OS.tuxedo

24.04 is not ready from our side and even Ubuntu itself does not offer upgrades the regular way until 24.04.1 is released.

[juergh]

Disclaimer: I work for Canonical but I'm just a kernel person (no sales ;-) who ended up looking at @silles79's issue. @vinzv How about engaging with Canonical and making Tuxedo a certified platform? https://ubuntu.com/certified

[silles79]

it's still trying to install tuxedos version of initramfs:

sudo apt-get upgrade --simulate ... The following packages will be upgraded: initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-bin initramfs-tools-core 3 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 7 not to upgrade. Inst initramfs-tools [0.142ubuntu25.1] (2:0.142ubuntu26-tux1 TUXEDO Computers:tuxedo [all]) [] Inst initramfs-tools-core [0.142ubuntu25.1] (2:0.142ubuntu26-tux1 TUXEDO Computers:tuxedo [all]) [] Inst initramfs-tools-bin [0.142ubuntu25.1] (2:0.142ubuntu26-tux1 TUXEDO Computers:tuxedo [amd64]) Conf initramfs-tools (2:0.142ubuntu26-tux1 TUXEDO Computers:tuxedo [all]) Conf initramfs-tools-core (2:0.142ubuntu26-tux1 TUXEDO Computers:tuxedo [all]) Conf initramfs-tools-bin (2:0.142ubuntu26-tux1 TUXEDO Computers:tuxedo [amd64])

not sure why that is necessary

[vinzv]

This looks right to me. We updated the version of initramfs-tools for noble and this is the update you are receiving. Or am I missing something?

[Vitamin-X]

interesting the upgrade here bricked the whole kernel, are they maybe related?

https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-control-center/issues/402