when trying to install initramfs-tools, synaptic froze part way through. sudo dpkg -s initramfs-tools Package: initramfs-tools Status: install ok half-configured Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 105 Maintainer: Debian kernel team <debian-ker...@lists.debian.org> Architecture: all Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.130 Config-Version: 0.130 Provides: linux-initramfs-tool Depends: initramfs-tools-core (= 0.130), linux-base Suggests: bash-completion Breaks: console-setup (<< 1.72), cryptsetup (<< 2:1.6.6-4~), e2fsprogs (<< 1.42.13), elilo (<< 3.12-3.1~), initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-59.3~), lilo (<< 22.8-8.2~), lvm2 (<< 2.02.111-2.1~), s390-tools (<< 1.8.3-2~), systemd-sysv (<< 186), upstart Conflicts: linux-initramfs-tool, usplash (<< 0.5.50) Conffiles: /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf e2026d4603e7161efaccca519aeb1297 /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools f9dcd9b9d4b6aa84c18407f2aeecb096 /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools f57d0b03f79fd46dd1a1fa3b00206070 Description: generic modular initramfs generator (automation) This package builds a bootable initramfs for Linux kernel packages. The initramfs is loaded along with the kernel and is responsible for mounting the root filesystem and starting the main init system.
still freezing: sudo dpkg --configure initramfs-tools Setting up initramfs-tools (0.130) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-6-amd64 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8402-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw for module r8169 any suggestions? thanks charles zeitler -- The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good Enough