[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-09 Thread jean-christophe manciot
I confirm that it is fixed on Ubuntu 20.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866377 Title: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir To manage notifications ab

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-08 Thread Richard Baka
Tested, it is OK! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866377 Title: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir To manage notifications about this bug go to: https:

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-07 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package plymouth - 0.9.4git20200109-0ubuntu7 --- plymouth (0.9.4git20200109-0ubuntu7) focal; urgency=medium * debian/local/plymouth.hook: - try to copy the watermark image in the initramfs only if the spinner theme is installed (lp: #1866377) --

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-07 Thread Richard Baka
1. The deletion of the plymouth packages is a correct workaround however that is not a correct fix. The fix will come with a package upgrade. 2. apt purge --reinstall (what I wrote) seems to wrok well but it doesn't. It just do the purge operation and not the reinstall operation. If this package i

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-07 Thread Tony Travis
Re: my comment #10 - After re-installing the purged packages the problem was, of course, not fixed. However, a fix that does work has been suggested in Bug #1866372: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1866372 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-07 Thread Rik Mills
** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu Focal) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866377 Title: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing t

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-07 Thread Rik Mills
** Also affects: plymouth (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Critical Status: Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866377 Title: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread jean-christophe manciot
Same issue on Ubuntu focal with linux 5.4.0-17-generic x86_64. Purging plymouth then installing it back with all upstream dependencies does not change anything: # apt purge plymouth Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packa

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Antropoceno Silva
Xubuntu 20.04 here; applying the workaround mentioned in #10, apt purge --reinstall plymouth fixed the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866377 Title: update-initramfs fails on

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot
The attachment "plymouth_0.9.4git20200109-0ubuntu7~ppa1.debdiff" seems to be a debdiff. The ubuntu-sponsors team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review and hopefully sponsor the debdiff. If the attachment isn't a patch, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, rem

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Paul Loughman
@Aaron I got past the error by applying the patch that satmandu (satadru-umich) posted in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1866372 For the moment I'm good. Will the patch 'hold' on subsequent updates of plymouth? -- You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Richard Baka
You are right :D. apt purge --reinstall command doesn't do a reinstall just a purge. BTW I like this method. Do I really need this package? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866377 Title:

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Aaron Honeycutt
@Paul You can install it like this: sudo dpkg -i packagename Then I would recommend locking plymouth: sudo apt-mark hold packagename -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866377 Title:

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Jose Manuel Santamaria Lema
Hi, I'm attaching a debdiff of a possible fix for this, which solves the problem for me. If this is not the correct solution I will be glad to test the correct one :) PPA build of the proposed fix: https://launchpad.net/~panfaust/+archive/ubuntu/plymouth ** Patch added: "plymouth_0.9.4git202001

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Paul Loughman
Aaron's 'fix' (I assume it was a fix) mentioned in #8 isn't a solution for me. Package plymouth_0.9.4git20200109-0ubuntu6 was installed/upgraded this morning; checked the apt history.log. So I reinstalled it. The error remains. Running Kubuntu 20.04 KDE Plasma 5.18.2 KDE Frameworks 5.67.0 Qt 5.12.

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Joseph C. Sible
Wait, the intention of that was to remove Plymouth and *leave it removed*? Well of course that "fixes" the observed bug in Plymouth... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866377 Title: up

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Tony Travis
Richard's magic work-around WFM: apt purge --reinstall plymouth Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libplymouth5 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The followi

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Joseph C. Sible
Doing "sudo apt purge --reinstall plymouth" wasn't sufficient to fix it for me. What did fix it for me, though, was adding a mkdir statement, as I explained in #1866372 before this bug was opened. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Aaron Honeycutt
I've also rebuilt the package without the two lines that they added and it corrected the issue for me and a coworker. ** Attachment added: "plymouth_0.9.4git20200109-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1866377/+attachment/5334374/+files/plymouth_0.9.4git

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Richard Baka
Here is a magic workaround command for problems like this: sudo apt purge --reinstall plymouth no warranty! :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866377 Title: update-initramfs fails on

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Rik Mills
In a flavour the plymouth-theme-spinner package is not installed, AND even if it was, initramfs does not know to include that dir as the bgrt theme is not selected as the default.plymouth alternative. Obviously the cp command is run unconditionally, hence the error in a flavour. I think... --