7.04 to 7.10 problems

[rbrown3rd]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

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[Snowhog]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

Well, there's nothing wrong with your sources.list file. I'm researching the error.

[rbrown3rd]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

Thanks. I really appreciate it.

[Snowhog]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

Hey, you got to love a challenge!

Open a console and type:

sudo dpkg --audit

This searches for packages that have been installed only partially on your system. dpkg will suggest what to do with them to get them working. Assuming this command executes, post the results.

[rbrown3rd]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

Ok. Will do.

[rbrown3rd]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

sudo dpkg --audit will not run. It returns the following:

Parse error in file /var/lib/dpkg/updates/003 near line 2 package libc6

'trigger pendi' is not allowed for third (status) word in 'status' field.

[Snowhog]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

That actually tells us something. Open a console and type the following:

df -hT -xtmpfs

This will tell us how much available space you have left on your system. Mine reports:

Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 ext3 7.9G 2.6G 5.0G 35% /
/dev/sda6 ext3 20G 3.1G 16G 17% /home
/dev/sda1 ext3 7.9G 3.2G 4.6G 41% /media/sda1
/dev/sda3 ext3 7.9G 147M 7.4G 2% /media/sda3
/dev/sda5 ext3 20G 2.6G 18G 13% /media/sda5
/dev/sda7 ext3 20G 173M 19G 1% /media/sda7

What we are concerned about is the available (Avail) space reported on your root ( / ) partition. In my report, I have 35% of my 7.9G root partition available (unused). Run the command and copy/paste the results.

[rbrown3rd]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

Aha! Ok. I will do that in a few minutes and report back. This is a good learning process for me so again I thank you for the help.

[rbrown3rd]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

Couldn't gat all of those options to run but I think I have enough info from what I did get. By the way, I have found explore2fs at http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm to be very useful. I just redirected the output to a text file on my Linux desktop and then used explore2fs in WinXP to get the file which I have copied and pasted below:

Filesystem  Type  Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2   ext3   44G 4.8G  37G 12% /
varrun    tmpfs  506M  24K 506M  1% /var/run
varlock   tmpfs  506M   0 506M  0% /var/lock
procbususb  usbfs  506M 196K 506M  1% /proc/bus/usb
udev     tmpfs  506M 196K 506M  1% /dev
devshm    tmpfs  506M   0 506M  0% /dev/shm
lrm     tmpfs  506M  15M 492M  3% /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile

[Snowhog]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

Couldn't gat all of those options to run but I think I have enough info from what I did get.

lrm tmpfs 506M 15M 492M 3% /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile

Space on your root partition isn't a problem. The output shows that 37G are available. The command I provided (df -hT -xtmpfs) should have worked (did you type or copy/paste?).

The quoted line above indicates you are running Feisty, but earlier in this thread, your sources.list all refers to Gutsy. Can you explain??

[rbrown3rd]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

The quoted line above indicates you are running Feisty, but earlier in this thread, your sources.list all refers to Gutsy. Can you explain??

I have no idea unless it has something to do with the interrupted upgrade which started this whole thread.

[Snowhog]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

That makes sense. I'm going to suggest, that at least in part, your problem is that you are still running a Feisty kernel but with a Gutsy sources.list file:

I'm attaching my Feisty sources.list (as sources.txt) which you can save to your /home directory as sources.list. Then rename your current sources.list.

Open a console and type:

sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_GUTSY
sudo mv sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list

You then need to remove the incomplete updates file(s)

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/parts/*

Then you need to clean out the package cache completely:

sudo apt-get clean

Assuming that the last command works without error, I would then perform a normal shutdown / restart. Once back at the desktop, in a console type:

sudo apt-get update

Again, assuming this command works without error, you will have rebuilt the apt package cache with Feisty information.

All of this is what I would do in your situation. But you have to decide if you want to procede with this. I'm not sure you have anything to loose. At best, this will work, and you will have a working Feisty system, which is where you started from. At worst, it won't work, and you are where you are now. Again, this is what I would do.

[rbrown3rd]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

All of this is what I would do in your situation. But you have to decide if you want to procede with this. I'm not sure you have anything to loose. At best, this will work, and you will have a working Feisty system, which is where you started from. At worst, it won't work, and you are where you are now. Again, this is what I would do.

I agree. What do I have to lose? Thanks again for all your help. I'll give that a try.

[cantab]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

sudo dpkg --audit will not run. It returns the following:

Parse error in file /var/lib/dpkg/updates/003 near line 2 package libc6

'trigger pendi' is not allowed for third (status) word in 'status' field.

What I've bolded looks like your problem. The status of a package is mucked up. So apt-get and dpkg don't know what to do with it.

Two ideas

Firstly, try deleting that file /var/lib/dpkg/updates

Secondly, try using apt-get to force a reinstall of libc6 overriding its checks.

sudo apt-get --reinstall --force-yes install libc6

See if either of those work.

[rbrown3rd]

Re: 7.04 to 7.10 problems

Ok. The process prior to the last one suggested did not work. I will try the forced reinstall.