dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure) after ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04.1 upgrade
I upgraded from 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04.1 but get a firmware error how can I fix this?
I tried: sudo dpkg --configure -a
rt@sys76:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-firmware; however:
Package linux-firmware is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-firmware
linux-image-generic
I also tried sudo apt-get install -f
rt@sys76:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-firmware; however:
Package linux-firmware is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-firmware
linux-image-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I also tried sudo apt-get install -y linux-firmware
rt@sys76:~$ sudo apt-get install -y linux-firmware
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/98.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-firmware; however:
Package linux-firmware is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-firmware
linux-image-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Also tried: sudo apt --fix-broken install
rt@sys76:~$ sudo apt --fix-broken install
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/98.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup erro
r from a previous failure.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lin
ux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-firmware; however:
Package linux-firmware is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-firmware
linux-image-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Also tried: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
rt@sys76:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/98.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
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dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-firmware; however:
Package linux-firmware is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-firmware
linux-image-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Some Info:
rt@sys76:~$ uname -a
Linux sys76 5.4.0-48-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 10 10:58:49 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
rt@sys76:~$
rt@sys76:~$ ls -lh /lib/modules
total 236K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jan 23 2018 4.10.0-42-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jun 29 10:36 4.15.0-101-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jul 2 00:22 4.15.0-106-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jul 13 23:18 4.15.0-108-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jul 23 03:40 4.15.0-109-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 2 12:10 4.15.0-111-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 8 09:50 4.15.0-112-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 21 16:47 4.15.0-115-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 30 09:32 4.15.0-117-generic
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Sep 21 10:27 4.15.0-118-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jun 11 2018 4.15.0-20-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jul 2 2018 4.15.0-22-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jul 21 2018 4.15.0-23-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Aug 7 2018 4.15.0-24-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Sep 5 2018 4.15.0-29-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Aug 24 2018 4.15.0-30-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 10 2018 4.15.0-32-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Oct 2 2018 4.15.0-33-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Oct 23 2018 4.15.0-34-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Nov 14 2018 4.15.0-36-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Dec 21 2018 4.15.0-38-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Dec 20 2018 4.15.0-39-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jan 29 2019 4.15.0-42-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 31 2019 4.15.0-43-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Mar 6 2019 4.15.0-44-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Apr 4 2019 4.15.0-45-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Apr 25 2019 4.15.0-46-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K May 15 2019 4.15.0-47-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jun 4 2019 4.15.0-48-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K May 20 11:30 4.15.0-50-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jun 28 2019 4.15.0-51-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jul 25 2019 4.15.0-52-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Aug 14 2019 4.15.0-54-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 3 2019 4.15.0-55-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 10 2019 4.15.0-58-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 18 2019 4.15.0-60-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Oct 1 2019 4.15.0-62-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Oct 22 2019 4.15.0-64-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Nov 13 2019 4.15.0-65-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Nov 15 2019 4.15.0-66-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Dec 2 2019 4.15.0-69-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jan 7 2020 4.15.0-70-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jan 28 2020 4.15.0-72-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Feb 17 2020 4.15.0-74-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 17 2020 4.15.0-76-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Apr 7 07:49 4.15.0-88-generic
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Mar 16 2020 4.15.0-91-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 20 04:37 4.15.0-96-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jun 10 14:52 4.15.0-99-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Mar 7 2018 4.4.111-0404111-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Mar 13 2018 4.4.119-0404119-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Mar 20 2018 4.4.120-0404120-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Mar 27 2018 4.4.121-0404121-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Apr 2 2018 4.4.122-0404122-generic
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4.0K Apr 27 2018 4.4.126-0404126-generic
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4.0K Apr 27 2018 4.4.127-0404127-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Apr 18 2018 4.4.128-0404128-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Apr 26 2018 4.8.17-040817-generic
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Sep 30 07:44 5.4.0-48-generic
rt@sys76:~$ sudo dpkg -C
The following packages are in a mess due to serious problems during
installation. They must be reinstalled for them (and any packages
that depend on them) to function properly:
linux-firmware Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured.
They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure
menu option in dselect for them to work:
linux-image-generic Generic Linux kernel image
Simple fix found
sudo apt install --reinstall linux-firmware