I hope that the following info helps in some small degree.
I first encountered this bug on 20190418 during a routine update.
From the Synaptic update log Details:
desktop-base (version 10.0.0) will be upgraded to version 10.0.2
+ 9 other packages
The most recent failure occurred on: 2019-09-16
Part of the package update was to: update-initramfs: Generating
/boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64
The update failed because:
From the Synaptic update log Details:
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_asd.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sos.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_rlc.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_mec2.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_mec.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_me.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_pfp.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_ce.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sdma1.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sdma.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_uvd.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_vce.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_smc.bin for
module amdgpu
pigz: abort: write error on <stdout> (No space left on device)
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 pigz 28
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64 with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.19.0-6-amd64 (--configure):
installed linux-image-4.19.0-6-amd64 package post-installation script
subprocess returned error exit status 1
Setting up samba-common-bin (2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u1) ...
Checking smb.conf with testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
From: Synaptic Commit Log for Sun Sep 8 16:57:24 2019
firmware-amd-graphics (version 20190114-1) was upgraded to version
20190114-2
https://packages.debian.org/buster/firmware-amd-graphics
I have verified that firmware for "vega20" is not documented as being
part of:
Package: firmware-amd-graphics (20190114-2) [non-free]
From hardinfo:
Summary
Computer
Processor AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor
Memory 16423MB (2190MB used)
Machine Type Desktop
Operating System Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
User Name archie (archie croom)
Date/Time Wed 18 Sep 2019 09:05:01 AM CDT
Display
Resolution 1920x1080 pixels
*** The following GPU is the ONLY graphic device ever installed in this
system. ***
OpenGL Renderer Radeon RX 560 Series (POLARIS11, DRM 3.27.0,
4.19.0-6-amd64, LLVM 7.0.1)
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Audio Devices
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
Input Devices
Power Button
Power Button
Logitech K270
Logitech M570
PC Speaker
HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm:3
HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm:7
HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm:8
HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm:9
HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm:10
HD-Audio Generic Front Mic
HD-Audio Generic Rear Mic
HD-Audio Generic Line
HD-Audio Generic Line Out
HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone
Eee PC WMI hotkeys
Printers (CUPS)
EPSON-XP-7100-Series Default
XP-7100-Series
Operating System
Version
Kernel Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 (x86_64)
Version #1 SMP Debian 4.19.67-2 (2019-08-28)
C Library GNU C Library / (Debian GLIBC 2.28-10) 2.28
Distribution Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
An attempt to reclaim space to resolve the write error which was noted
above:
archie@debian:~$ sudo apt autoremove
[sudo] password for archie:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.133+deb10u1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.133+deb10u1) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_asd.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sos.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_rlc.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_mec2.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_mec.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_me.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_pfp.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_ce.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sdma1.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sdma.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_uvd.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_vce.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_smc.bin for
module amdgpu
pigz: abort: write error on <stdout> (No space left on device)
E: mkinitramfs failure pigz 28
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64 with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess
returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
archie@debian:~$
One question to resolve is "Why is there a dependency on a firmware
driver that could not be used on this system?"
Where do I go from here?
Archie