Both update notifier and adept crash - Solved

[alfiesty]

My system was mostly normal for about a month. It's an Acer 5100-3949, Athlon 64-3000, 1 gig running Kubuntu 8.10, connected to my wireless by a ethernet adapter (I've never gotten the internal wireless to work). I have also had random freeze problems and occasional black screens on startup, but this crashing happens every time. update notifier give sig 11 and this information:

Application: Update Notifier (update-notifier-kde), signal SIGSEGV
0x00007f409bf096e1 in nanosleep () from /lib/libc.so.6

Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f409cc7d6e0 (LWP 6255)):
[KCrash Handler]
#5 0x00007f408ffc9368 in pkgPolicy::GetCandidateVer () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.8-6.so.4.6
#6 0x00007f408ffa8c32 in pkgDepCache::Init () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.8-6.so.4.6
#7 0x00007f408ffc72eb in pkgCacheFile::Open () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.8-6.so.4.6
#8 0x00007f409023b097 in TmpGetCache () from /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt_pkg.so
#9 0x0000000000491052 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#10 0x00000000004920e2 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#11 0x00000000004927cd in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#12 0x00000000004dd4c2 in ?? ()
#13 0x0000000000418c33 in PyObject_Call ()
#14 0x000000000041fb08 in ?? ()
#15 0x0000000000418c33 in PyObject_Call ()
#16 0x000000000048a852 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords ()
#17 0x00007f409a2214b0 in sip_api_invoke_slot () from /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sip.so
#18 0x00007f409b9320a5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/QtCore.so
#19 0x00007f409b932c91 in ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/QtCore.so
#20 0x00007f409b932d23 in ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/QtCore.so
#21 0x00007f409b5ca134 in QMetaObject::activate () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#22 0x00007f409b5d039f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#23 0x00007f409b5c4a43 in QObject::event () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#24 0x00007f4098f65c3d in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#25 0x00007f4098f6d9ba in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#26 0x00007f4092e8813b in KApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#27 0x00007f4093951d56 in sipKApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyKDE4/kdeui.so
#28 0x00007f409b5b5d61 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#29 0x00007f409b5e1ab6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#30 0x00007f409b5de1fd in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#31 0x00007f409a68ad3b in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#32 0x00007f409a68e50d in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#33 0x00007f409a68e6cb in g_main_context_iteration () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#34 0x00007f409b5de15f in QEventDispatcherGlib:rocessEvents () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#35 0x00007f4098ff7a6f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#36 0x00007f409b5b4682 in QEventLoop:rocessEvents () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#37 0x00007f409b5b480d in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#38 0x00007f409b5b6cbd in QCoreApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#39 0x00007f4099dcbb67 in ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/QtGui.so
#40 0x0000000000491052 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#41 0x00000000004927cd in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#42 0x00000000004929c2 in PyEval_EvalCode ()
#43 0x00000000004b2678 in PyRun_FileExFlags ()
#44 0x00000000004b291b in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags ()
#45 0x000000000041488a in Py_Main ()
#46 0x00007f409be7f466 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
#47 0x0000000000413ca9 in _start ()

Adapt just gives sig 11. Is there a log somewhere that tells me more? I can't even re-install these programs! Do I have to re-install Kubuntu, a definite UGH at this point.
Jim

[cleb]

Re: Both update notifier and adept crash

does apt-get work? did you add any repositories?

[toad]

Re: Both update notifier and adept crash

Yes, try a

sudo apt-get install -f

and tell us what happens. My guess is some adept file got corrupted (seen these kind of messages for plasma before...) in which case a

sudo apt-get remove --purge adept

followed by a

sudo apt-get install adept

should see you right.

[alfiesty]

Re: Both update notifier and adept crash

Yes, try a

sudo apt-get install -f

and tell us what happens.
My guess is some adept file got corrupted (seen these kind of messages for plasma before...) in which case a

sudo apt-get remove --purge adept

followed by a

sudo apt-get install adept

should see you right.

jim@jim-main:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for jim:
Reading package lists... Done
Segmentation faulty tree... 0%
jim@jim-main:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge adept
Reading package lists... Done
Segmentation faulty tree... 0%
jim@jim-main:~$


Am I hosed?

Jim

[toad]

Re: Both update notifier and adept crash

Alright, what have you done?

No, no problem. I googled your error message and came up with this:

http://www.deanlee.cn/linux/apt-get-...n-faulty-tree/

However, there appear to be a variety of solutions depending on the cause of the problem:

1. rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
2. a new /etc/apt/sources.list (renaming and renaming back)
3. setting a new cache limit in /etc/apt/apt.conf:
Cache-Limit "41943040";

Hope one of those helps.

[alfiesty]

Re: Both update notifier and adept crash

Alright, what have you done?

No, no problem. I googled your error message and came up with this:

http://www.deanlee.cn/linux/apt-get-...n-faulty-tree/

However, there appear to be a variety of solutions depending on the cause of the problem:

1. rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
2. a new /etc/apt/sources.list (renaming and renaming back)
3. setting a new cache limit in /etc/apt/apt.conf:
Cache-Limit "41943040";

Hope one of those helps.

Item 1 did the trick

Jim

[toad]

Re: Both update notifier and adept crash - Solved

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