Latest updates crashes muon and synaptic!

[GreyGeek]

[SIZE=1]03/16/12 09:58:45 AM    jerry-Aspire-7739    kernel    [   64.679871] apt-check[2044]: segfault at 7fbaf8af20c8 ip 00007fbaea1af028 sp 00007ffff3d66370 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7fbaea161000+120000]
03/16/12 09:59:21 AM    jerry-Aspire-7739    kernel    [   99.745492] synaptic[2201]: segfault at 7f80cf3f100e ip 00007f80d35aa03d sp 00007fff9d7f3d90 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7f80d355c000+120000][/SIZE]

libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0

is where the segfault is.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

in a Konsole seems to still work, but it also leaves behind msgs:

03/16/12 10:43:24 AM    jerry-Aspire-7739    kernel    [ 2739.353436] apt-check[2576]: segfault at 7f46b064d0c8 ip 00007f46a1d0a028 sp 00007fff6fc210b0 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7f46a1cbc000+120000]
03/16/12 10:43:25 AM    jerry-Aspire-7739    kernel    [ 2739.858931] apt-check[2584]: segfault at 7fdc3367c0c8 ip 00007fdc24d39028 sp 00007fff39ccc7e0 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7fdc24ceb000+120000]
03/16/12 10:43:26 AM    jerry-Aspire-7739    kernel    [ 2740.359457] apt-check[2592]: segfault at 7f5a3ab960c8 ip 00007f5a2c253028 sp 00007fff0c810a60 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7f5a2c205000+120000]
03/16/12 10:43:26 AM    jerry-Aspire-7739    kernel    [ 2740.893336] apt-check[2600]: segfault at 7fae967e90c8 ip 00007fae87ea6028 sp 00007fff33022e10 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7fae87e58000+120000]
03/16/12 10:43:27 AM    jerry-Aspire-7739    kernel    [ 2741.431280] apt-check[2609]: segfault at 7fa5cb4140c8 ip 00007fa5bcad1028 sp 00007ffffed42970 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7fa5bca83000+120000]
03/16/12 10:43:27 AM    jerry-Aspire-7739    kernel    [ 2741.935616] apt-check[2618]: segfault at 7fd1307cb0c8 ip 00007fd121e88028 sp 00007fff299225c0 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7fd121e3a000+120000]
03/16/12 10:44:11 AM    jerry-Aspire-7739    dbus[950]    [system] Reloaded configuration
03/16/12 10:45:01 AM        dbus[950]    last message repeated 7 times

sudo apt-get -f install
and
sudo dpkg --configure -a

doesn't have any affect.

So, muon update can't update any more.

[GreyGeek]

I forgot to add that updating the muon apps didn't work.

BUT, miraculously, it just started working again, without crashing.

[SecretCode]

That's unacceptable GG. You can't just mark a thread solved without posting the actual fix.

I'm beginning to think we need a "problem went away by itself" tag ...

[daihard]

I forgot to add that updating the muon apps didn't work.

BUT, miraculously, it just started working again, without crashing.

I updated this morning and haven't run into any such issue. I guess I'm lucky!

[GreyGeek]

That's unacceptable GG. You can't just mark a thread solved without posting the actual fix.

I'm beginning to think we need a "problem went away by itself" tag ...

I didn't do anything!

All the usual fixes using
apt-get -f install
dpkg --configure -a

return no problems, but muon and synaptic crashed everything I tried to use them. Rebooting didn't help.
Then, mysteriously, everything worked as it should again.
I didn't really do anything.

The problem appeared when, during the earlier update this morning, muon crashed. I opened synaptic and it worked OK, so I finished the update. On the second update muon crashed again. I opened synaptic and it crashed as well. I used the Konsole and the commands listed above to complete the updates. A while later, after I made my post, muon was triggered by another update and worked like it usually had before the problems.