Updates within 12.04 failing

[Richard3491]

When I try to update 12.04 I hit a problem with initramfs (dependency failure) and the update process halts.

I am using OS Version Linux 3.2.0-51 generic, KDE SC Version 4.8.5 (4.8.5) on an HP G60 laptop with an Intel Celeron CPU. This system also boots into Windows 7.

A while back I had an update fail due to insufficient space in the partition on which root was mounted. I repartitioned the disk to make the partition bigger, and have encountered the above problem.

Thanks,

Richard

[Snowhog]

You aren't telling us 'how' the update is failing. What error message(s) are you receiving? Open a console and type:

df -hT --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=devtmpfs

Copy/paste the output.

[Richard3491]

OK, here's the output from the df:

dickwadm@dickwHP-laptop:~$ df -hT --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=devtnpfs
Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5      ext3       20G  9.8G  8.9G  53% /
udev           devtmpfs  1.5G  4.0K  1.5G   1% /dev
/dev/sdb5      ext3       92G   17G   71G  20% /home
/dev/sda7      ext3      9.2G  150M  8.6G   2% /opt
/dev/sda8      ext3       30G  170M   28G   1% /usr/local

and here is what I get when I tried to run updates this morning using Apper.

Package failed to install - Apper
One of the selected packages failed to install correctly.
More information is available in the detailed report.

Details
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

and when I click on OK it goes back to the initial Apper screen, which contains:

initramfs-tools                  0.99ubuntu13.2    48.1 KiB
linux-generic                    3.2.0.53.63           1.7 KiB
linux-image-generic           3.2.0.53.63           2.3 KiB

I also have screenshots.
I know that this is different from the original problem but it may provide a clue. If necessary I can restore the root partition and start over again, this time trying to get screenshots of everything that happens.

[eddieg538]

Did you try sudo dpkg --configure -a

[Richard3491]

OK, I tried that and here's what I got:

dickwadm@dickwHP-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for dickwadm:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of initramfs-tools:
initramfs-tools depends on initramfs-tools-bin (<< 0.99ubuntu13.1.1~); however:
Version of initramfs-tools-bin on system is 0.99ubuntu13.2.
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-3.2.0-53-generic:
linux-image-3.2.0-53-generic depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.36ubuntu6); however:
Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-53-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic:
linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.36ubuntu6); however:
Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic; however:
Package linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 3.2.0.52.62); however:
Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
linux-generic depends on linux-headers-generic (= 3.2.0.52.62); however:
Version of linux-headers-generic on system is 3.2.0.53.63.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apparmor:
apparmor depends on initramfs-tools; however:
Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apparmor (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apparmor-utils:
apparmor-utils depends on apparmor (>= 2.6.1-4ubuntu1); however:
Package apparmor is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apparmor-utils (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
linux-image-3.2.0-53-generic
linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic
linux-image-generic
linux-generic
apparmor
apparmor-utils
dickwadm@dickwHP-laptop:~$

It looks like several oackages need to be restored back. Should I just restore the original root partition and start over?