(In reply to Julian Wolf from comment #8) > Yes, please, if it is possible update your system and let's see whether this > still happens. Okay, system was upgraded with all the latest updates. I now still see the "broken pipe" when I run "lsinitrd" - a) in a konsole window or b) on a virtual console. When logged in via ssh, I see no "broken pipe". > If that still happens after the update you could run lsinitrd with debugging > options and provide the ouput so that we at least see at which point that > happens: > > bash -x lsinitrd $image I'll attach the output in a minute.