Broken pipe error

L00P · April 11, 2024, 10:21pm

I noticed I sometimes get the following error after a system ypdate:

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros                                                               19,4 KiB   109 KiB/s 00:00 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 core                                                                     126,8 KiB   493 KiB/s 00:00 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 extra                                                                      8,1 MiB  8,06 MiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 multilib is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
 -> paper-icon-theme: local (1.5.0.832.aa3e8af-1) is newer than AUR (1.5.0-3)
:: 15 packages to upgrade/install.
15  endeavouros/eos-hooks       1.15-1              -> 1.15-2
14  core/cryptsetup             2.7.1-1             -> 2.7.2-1
13  core/linux-firmware         20240312.3b128b60-1 -> 20240409.1addd7dc-1
12  core/linux-firmware-whence  20240312.3b128b60-1 -> 20240409.1addd7dc-1
11  core/pam                    1.6.0-4             -> 1.6.1-2
10  extra/dracut                059-6               -> 101-1
 9  extra/eza                   0.18.9-2            -> 0.18.10-1
 8  extra/file-roller           44-2                -> 44.1-1
 7  extra/npm                   10.5.1-1            -> 10.5.2-1
 6  extra/qt6-base              6.6.3-1             -> 6.7.0-2
 5  extra/qt6-declarative       6.6.3-1             -> 6.7.0-1
 4  extra/qt6-svg               6.6.3-1             -> 6.7.0-1
 3  extra/qt6-translations      6.6.3-1             -> 6.7.0-1
 2  extra/qt6-wayland           6.6.3-1             -> 6.7.0-1
 1  extra/qt6ct                 0.9-6               -> 0.9-7
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
 -> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems
==>
Sync Dependency (9): qt6-svg-6.7.0-1, qt6-base-6.7.0-2, dracut-101-1, qt6-translations-6.7.0-1, qt6-declarative-6.7.0-1, qt6-wayland-6.7.0-1, linux-firmware-whence-20240409.1addd7dc-1, npm-10.5.2-1, pam-1.6.1-2
Sync Explicit (6): cryptsetup-2.7.2-1, eza-0.18.10-1, file-roller-44.1-1, linux-firmware-20240409.1addd7dc-1, eos-hooks-1.15-2, qt6ct-0.9-7
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (15)                Old Version          New Version          Net Change  Download Size

core/cryptsetup             2.7.1-1              2.7.2-1                0,00 MiB       0,73 MiB
extra/dracut                059-6                101-1                  0,01 MiB       0,28 MiB
endeavouros/eos-hooks       1.15-1               1.15-2                 0,00 MiB       0,01 MiB
extra/eza                   0.18.9-2             0.18.10-1              0,00 MiB       0,44 MiB
extra/file-roller           44-2                 44.1-1                 0,02 MiB       0,74 MiB
core/linux-firmware         20240312.3b128b60-1  20240409.1addd7dc-1    3,91 MiB     222,87 MiB
core/linux-firmware-whence  20240312.3b128b60-1  20240409.1addd7dc-1    0,00 MiB       0,03 MiB
extra/npm                   10.5.1-1             10.5.2-1               0,03 MiB       1,47 MiB
core/pam                    1.6.0-4              1.6.1-2               -0,04 MiB       0,88 MiB
extra/qt6-base              6.6.3-1              6.7.0-2                0,71 MiB      13,53 MiB
extra/qt6-declarative       6.6.3-1              6.7.0-1                4,83 MiB      12,72 MiB
extra/qt6-svg               6.6.3-1              6.7.0-1                0,13 MiB       0,22 MiB
extra/qt6-translations      6.6.3-1              6.7.0-1                0,01 MiB       1,70 MiB
extra/qt6-wayland           6.6.3-1              6.7.0-1                0,12 MiB       1,10 MiB
extra/qt6ct                 0.9-6                0.9-7                  0,00 MiB       0,17 MiB

Total Download Size:   256,89 MiB
Total Installed Size:  412,80 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:        9,72 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages...
 qt6-translations-6.7.0-1-any                                            1740,6 KiB  1264 KiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 npm-10.5.2-1-any                                                        1509,3 KiB  1043 KiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 pam-1.6.1-2-x86_64                                                       898,8 KiB   725 KiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 qt6-wayland-6.7.0-1-x86_64                                              1125,7 KiB   787 KiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 file-roller-44.1-1-x86_64                                                760,6 KiB   576 KiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 cryptsetup-2.7.2-1-x86_64                                                746,6 KiB   526 KiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 dracut-101-1-x86_64                                                      284,6 KiB   409 KiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 eza-0.18.10-1-x86_64                                                     449,9 KiB   453 KiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 qt6ct-0.9-7-x86_64                                                       172,8 KiB   432 KiB/s 00:00 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 qt6-svg-6.7.0-1-x86_64                                                   225,1 KiB   441 KiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 linux-firmware-whence-20240409.1addd7dc-1-any                             35,5 KiB   117 KiB/s 00:00 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 eos-hooks-1.15-2-any                                                      14,4 KiB  42,7 KiB/s 00:00 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 qt6-declarative-6.7.0-1-x86_64                                            12,7 MiB   661 KiB/s 00:20 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 qt6-base-6.7.0-2-x86_64                                                   13,5 MiB   657 KiB/s 00:21 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 linux-firmware-20240409.1addd7dc-1-any                                   222,9 MiB  9,64 MiB/s 00:23 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 Total (15/15)                                                            256,9 MiB  11,1 MiB/s 00:23 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(15/15) checking keys in keyring                                                                      [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(15/15) checking package integrity                                                                    [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(15/15) loading package files                                                                         [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(15/15) checking for file conflicts                                                                   [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
( 1/15) upgrading pam                                                                                 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 2/15) upgrading cryptsetup                                                                          [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 3/15) upgrading dracut                                                                              [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 4/15) upgrading eos-hooks                                                                           [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 5/15) upgrading eza                                                                                 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 6/15) upgrading file-roller                                                                         [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 7/15) upgrading linux-firmware-whence                                                               [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 8/15) upgrading linux-firmware                                                                      [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 9/15) upgrading npm                                                                                 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(10/15) upgrading qt6-translations                                                                    [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(11/15) upgrading qt6-base                                                                            [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(12/15) upgrading qt6-declarative                                                                     [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(13/15) upgrading qt6-svg                                                                             [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(14/15) upgrading qt6-wayland                                                                         [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(15/15) upgrading qt6ct                                                                               [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
( 1/10) Reloading system manager configuration...
( 2/10) Creating temporary files...
( 3/10) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
( 4/10) Running kernel-install...
Running kernel-install for 6.8.4-arch1-1
error: unable to write to pipe (Broken pipe)
( 5/10) Update EndeavourOS specific hooks.
( 6/10) Check if user should be informed about rebooting after certain system package upgrades.
( 7/10) Compiling GSettings XML schema files...
( 8/10) Updating icon theme caches...
( 9/10) Checking which packages need to be rebuilt
(10/10) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...

I have no issue when rebooting but did find this thread in the forum.

I was just wondering if this could lead to a serious issue if I don’t address it or do I have to run sudo reinstall-kernels like the thread I mentioned suggests? Or is it a bug in Dracut?

Rodgi · April 11, 2024, 11:06pm

I’ve had this from time to time as well, I don’t know why.

LDC · April 23, 2024, 5:32pm

I had this as well, then forgot to investigate, but it seems to have disappeared with the latest updates. Am still curious to know more about it though

ricklinux · April 25, 2024, 1:29am

What error are you referring to?

Edit: Okay i see it now.

error: unable to write to pipe (Broken pipe)

I don’t think it’s a problem if the updates completed and on reboot there is no issue.

Darkx · May 17, 2024, 6:10pm

Running kernel-install for 6.6.30-2-lts
dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --no-hostonly --force /efi/91cf2d7df404486dbf16ae08dea5fa61/6.6.30-2-lts/initrd-fallback 6.6.30-2-lts
dracut[I]: memstrack is not available
dracut[I]: If you need to use rd.memdebug>=4, please install memstrack and procps-ng
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-initrd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: modsign ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: i18n ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: btrfs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: crypt ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules-extra ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lvm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: mdraid ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: nvdimm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu-net ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lunmask ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: resume ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: rootfs-block ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: terminfo ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: udev-rules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: virtiofs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dracut-systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: usrmount ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: base ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fs-lib ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shutdown ***
dracut[I]: *** Including modules done ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Generating early-microcode cpio image ***
dracut[I]: *** Constructing GenuineIntel.bin ***
dracut[I]: *** Store current command line parameters ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating image file '/efi/91cf2d7df404486dbf16ae08dea5fa61/6.6.30-2-lts/initrd-fallback' ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating initramfs image file '/efi/91cf2d7df404486dbf16ae08dea5fa61/6.6.30-2-lts/initrd-fallback' done ***
dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --hostonly --no-hostonly-cmdline -f /efi/91cf2d7df404486dbf16ae08dea5fa61/6.6.30-2-lts/initrd 6.6.30-2-lts
dracut[I]: memstrack is not available
dracut[I]: If you need to use rd.memdebug>=4, please install memstrack and procps-ng
dracut[I]: memstrack is not available
dracut[I]: If you need to use rd.memdebug>=4, please install memstrack and procps-ng
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-initrd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: i18n ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules-extra ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: rootfs-block ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: terminfo ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: udev-rules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dracut-systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: usrmount ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: base ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fs-lib ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shutdown ***
dracut[I]: *** Including modules done ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Generating early-microcode cpio image ***
dracut[I]: *** Constructing GenuineIntel.bin ***
dracut[I]: *** Store current command line parameters ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating image file '/efi/91cf2d7df404486dbf16ae08dea5fa61/6.6.30-2-lts/initrd' ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating initramfs image file '/efi/91cf2d7df404486dbf16ae08dea5fa61/6.6.30-2-lts/initrd' done ***
error: unable to write to pipe (Broken pipe)
(3/7) Check if user should be informed about rebooting after certain system package upgrades.
(4/7) Compiling GSettings XML schema files...
(5/7) Probing GTK3 input method modules...
(6/7) Checking which packages need to be rebuilt
(7/7) Updating the info directory file...

I got the same error during an update. And I think during the reboot, it chose the LTS kernel since it was the first option. I only got a black screen, so I have to force shutdown (Sys Rq + REISUB or REISO didn’t work) by holding the power button to boot again with Zen kernel.