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I have an issue with Ubuntu 20.04, since I upgraded from 18.04. Every time the software updater updates Ubuntu base I need to manually update initramfs , otherwise my PC won't boot.

1. sudo update-initramfs -u -k all
   (or sudo update-initramfs -u -k <kerner version>)
2. sudo update-grub

I would like to fix or automate this once and for all, so that it won't happen again after the next update, but I am a complete newbie at tinkering with Linux.

Where should I start and how can a tackle this?

A quick solution would be appreciated, but I would also like to know what I need to study regarding ubuntu and linux in general, so that I won't have to bother you again with similar questions.

Thanks

edit:

cat /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf

produces the following:

update_initramfs=yes
backup_initramfs=no

edit 2:

df -h

regarding the boot partition produces

/dev/sdb2                    705M  172M  482M  27% /boot
/dev/sdb1                    511M  7,9M  504M   2% /boot/efi
nounehis
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  • cat /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf please add this to your question. – nobody Mar 01 '21 at 11:29
  • I’ve seen this sort of thing happen when the boot partition is low in space. Can you update the question to include the output of df -h? –  Mar 01 '21 at 11:58
  • did you get any errors, when you run update-initramfs by yourself? – nobody Mar 01 '21 at 12:41
  • The latest kernel version I have is 5.4.0-66-generic. I couldn't boot from that one, so I booted with the previous one (5.4.0-65), on which I had performed the "update-initramfs -u -k" command a few weeks ago. I just did "sudo update-initramfs -u -k all" and it produced: "update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-65-generic". So, it updated only the current version that I used to log in, not the new one that has the issue. I have to explicitly ask it to update the 5.4.0-66 version (or the latest in any new update) – nounehis Mar 01 '21 at 14:50
  • sudo update-initramfs -c -v -k 5.4.0-66-generic please paste it here https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/ – nobody Mar 01 '21 at 15:02
  • done: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/r9fcQpzT2c/ Also, sudo apt-get upgrade shows some errors: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/4jzxK3JdYn/ – nounehis Mar 01 '21 at 15:40
  • Oh, I see some package version from focal-proposed. Also a problem with nvidia packages. grep -r deb /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d and dkms status please. – nobody Mar 01 '21 at 16:09
  • The first one is here: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/TtTQf8XrwD/ and dkms statis says:

    nvidia, 415.27: added nvidia, 460.39, 5.4.0-65-generic, x86_64: installed

     – nounehis Mar 01 '21 at 16:25

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