i picked up this same issue today .. trying to update via terminal, it stops with:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. then tried in update manager and got the same message. output in terminal of: ~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a Setting up initramfs-tools (0.92bubuntu64) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-12-generic cpio: ./lib/udev/firmware.sh: Cannot stat: No such file or directory update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-12-generic dpkg: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 trying to open synaptic also gives me: E: _cache->open() failed, please report. -- an error occurred during installing updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339359 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs