error committing changes in adept

[Ant2ne]

When adding programs (samba) or trying the full upgrade function in adept I get the following message from adept manager

There was an error commiting changes. Possibly there was a problem downloading some packages or the commit would break packages.

If I then try to remove an Item that claims to be installed (but delivered me the above message) I then get the same message when trying to remove it.

Advice?

[claydoh]

Re: error committing changes in adept

if you run the command 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' you will get more info (very useful in a beta development release). It looks like there are some packages in the process of being uploaded, causing one to be 'held back'
Wait a while and try again, nothing is broken, but if there is a kernel update, you may not be able to get to your desktop if you reboot(unless you choose to boot a previous kernel) until the needed packages are available

[maestrobwh1]

Re: error committing changes in adept

I know I will be disagreed with here in philosophy by mixing KDE stuff with gnome stuff ... but I installed Synaptic on my Kubuntu system. I still use adept but if I see an error like that, I run Synaptic and more often than not, it corrects/helps correct it for me. You could also run aptitude from konsole, but I find it will hold back packages for seemingly unexplained reasons.

Synaptic seems to have a better interface with adding new repositories to your apt sources list. Some people are purists or just plain comfortable with editing that list manually, but I like to get "yelled at" by the package interface if I do something wrong. Adept won't even start completely if you goof up that list with one wrong character. At least it wouldn't in the past.

I also ALWAYS do this in konsole before I shut down/reboot after any update/upgrade

sudo dpkg --configure -a

It tells your system to configure anything that was left "undone" and either asks you to fix an install or just returns you to a prompt (this is what you hope for;-)

[disturbedite]

Re: error committing changes in adept

i use synaptic on kubuntu. imho it kicks adept's ass. i still have adept installed tho. i don't really use it any more tho.

[claydoh]

Re: error committing changes in adept

Synaptic isn't really a gnome app per se, it only has minimal dependencies, non of them gnome-related so you can feel ok about the 'mixing'

I use both, but am finding I use Adept more as it improves

[caryb]

Re: error committing changes in adept

I was reading this post & agreeing but this mirrors my sentiments

I use both, but am finding I use Adept more as it improves

Adept I find is better for kernel upgrades & filtering files etc.


Cary

[disturbedite]

Re: error committing changes in adept

oh, i forgot to mention, that for me synaptic is faster too.

[Ant2ne]

Re: error committing changes in adept

When adding programs (samba) or trying the full upgrade function in adept I get the following message from adept manager

There was an error commiting changes. Possibly there was a problem downloading some packages or the commit would break packages.

If I then try to remove an Item that claims to be installed (but delivered me the above message) I then get the same message when trying to remove it.

Advice?

It is still doing it. What gives? I really need to install samba. And there are some other programs that would be cool too.

[claydoh]

Re: error committing changes in adept

If "fetch Updates" before running the upgrade does not clear up the problem
the fix is to run apt from the commandline:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Then if there are any errors, it will be much more specific

[silverfox]

Re: error committing changes in adept

I too see this issue. I am now in the position of not knowing whether any downloads have correctly installed. The message I get form Adept is

Configuration file `/etc/udev/rules.d/25-dmsetup.rules'
==> Deleted (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : background this process to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** 25-dmsetup.rules (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?

What should I do

[claydoh]

Re: error committing changes in adept

hit 'y' unless you yourself have edited/deleted this file

[Ant2ne]

Re: error committing changes in adept

sudo apt-get update
No Errors

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
The Following

ant2ne@ant2ne-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up acpid (1.0.4-5ubuntu6) ...
* Loading ACPI modules... [ OK ]
* Starting ACPI services... invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing acpid (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of acpi-support:
acpi-support depends on acpid (>= 1.0.4-1ubuntu4); however:
Package acpid is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing acpi-support (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of powermanagement-interface:
powermanagement-interface depends on acpi-support (>= 0.17); however:
Package acpi-support is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing powermanagement-interface (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kubuntu-desktop:
kubuntu-desktop depends on acpi-support; however:
Package acpi-support is not configured yet.
kubuntu-desktop depends on acpid; however:
Package acpid is not configured yet.
kubuntu-desktop depends on powermanagement-interface; however:
Package powermanagement-interface is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kubuntu-desktop (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfiguredsudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Errors were encountered while processing:
acpid
acpi-support
powermanagement-interface
kubuntu-desktop
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ant2ne@ant2ne-laptop:~$

[claydoh]

Re: error committing changes in adept

it looks like a package was interrupted during its install

try:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

this will finish installing
acpid
acpi-support
powermanagement-interface
kubuntu-desktop

[Ant2ne]

Re: error committing changes in adept

sudo dpkg --configure -a

ant2ne@ant2ne-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Password:
Setting up acpid (1.0.4-5ubuntu6) sudo dpkg --configure -a...
* Loading ACPI modules... [ OK ]
* Starting ACPI services... invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing acpid (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of acpi-support:
acpi-support depends on acpid (>= 1.0.4-1ubuntu4); however:
Package acpid is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing acpi-support (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of powermanagement-interface:
powermanagement-interface depends on acpi-support (>= 0.17); however:
Package acpi-support is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing powermanagement-interface (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kubuntu-desktop:
kubuntu-desktop depends on acpi-support; however:
Package acpi-support is not configured yet.
kubuntu-desktop depends on acpid; however:
Package acpid is not configured yet.
kubuntu-desktop depends on powermanagement-interface; however:
Package powermanagement-interface is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kubuntu-desktop (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
acpid
acpi-support
powermanagement-interface
kubuntu-desktop
ant2ne@ant2ne-laptop:~$

[claydoh]

Re: error committing changes in adept

Ahhh searching on the error gives me the solution:
sudo /etc/init.d/acpid stop
then re-running
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, or
sudo dpkg --configure -a

I would suggest filing bug report on this on launchpad.net, it does look like a couple other have had this issue and it also happened to some during dapper to edgy upgrades, but was fixed. It needs to be re-fixed it looks