I encountered this problem previously, and resorted to reinstalling to fix it.
I cam across a thread where they asked for this series of commands - still did not work.
Anybody got any ideas on how to fix?
Code:guest@netbook:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad guest@netbook:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status guest@netbook:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad guest@netbook:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available guest@netbook:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/* guest@netbook:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* guest@netbook:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial guest@netbook:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin guest@netbook:~$ sudo apt-get clean guest@netbook:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: linux-image-generic-pae : Depends: linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic-pae but it is not installable E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. guest@netbook:~$ sudo apt-get update Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B] Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release [49.6 kB] Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB] Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise InRelease Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release [49.6 kB] Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B] Get:8 http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg [198 B] Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources [934 kB] Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB] Get:11 http://archive.canonical.com precise Release [7,078 B] Get:12 http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages [5,998 B] Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [56.2 kB] Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources [5,470 B] Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources [5,019 kB] Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources [1,950 B] Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources [155 kB] Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages [1,274 kB] Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [17.7 kB] Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages [8,431 B] Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages [4,796 kB] Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources [1,392 B] Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [206 kB] Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages [121 kB] Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex [3,706 B] Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex [2,676 B] Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex [2,596 B] Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex [2,922 B] Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources [193 kB] Get:30 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources [4,419 B] Get:31 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [65.4 kB] Get:32 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources [4,241 B] Get:33 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [443 kB] Get:34 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [8,374 B] Get:35 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages [161 kB] Get:36 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [9,661 B] Get:37 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex [3,564 B] Get:38 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex [2,605 B] Get:39 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex [2,461 B] Get:40 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex [2,850 B] Get:41 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources [2,422 B] Get:42 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources [14 B] Get:43 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources [18.7 kB] Get:44 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources [2,669 B] Get:45 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages [1,941 B] Get:46 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages [14 B] Get:47 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages [17.6 kB] Get:48 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [2,504 B] Get:49 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex [72 B] Get:50 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex [72 B] Get:51 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex [70 B] Get:52 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex [73 B] Get:53 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en [726 kB] Get:54 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en [93.4 kB] Get:55 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en [2,395 B] Get:56 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en [3,341 kB] Get:57 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en [214 kB] Get:58 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en [5,414 B] Get:59 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en [2,082 B] Get:60 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en [95.6 kB] Get:61 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en [1,244 B] Get:62 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en [1,476 B] Get:63 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en [14 B] Get:64 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en [12.3 kB] Get:65 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [3,968 B] Get:66 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [58.6 kB] Get:67 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [2,388 B] Get:68 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex [73 B] Get:69 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex [71 B] Get:70 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex [71 B] Get:71 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex [73 B] Get:72 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en [98.6 kB] Get:73 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en [995 B] Get:74 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en [978 B] Get:75 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en [35.2 kB] Fetched 18.5 MB in 1min 13s (250 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done guest@netbook:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic-pae: linux-image-generic-pae depends on linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic-pae; however: Package linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic-pae is not installed. dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic-pae (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-pae: linux-generic-pae depends on linux-image-generic-pae (= 3.2.0.33.36); however: Package linux-image-generic-pae is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing linux-generic-pae (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-generic-pae linux-generic-pae guest@netbook:~$ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-3.2.0-32 linux-headers-3.2.0-32-generic-pae Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic-pae Suggested packages: fdutils linux-doc-3.2.0 linux-source-3.2.0 linux-tools The following NEW packages will be installed: linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic-pae 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 20 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 38.2 MB of archives. After this operation, 113 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic-pae i386 3.2.0-33.52 [38.2 MB] Fetched 38.2 MB in 34s (1,113 kB/s) (Reading database ... 232289 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic-pae (from .../linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic-pae_3.2.0-33.52_i386.deb) ... Done. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic-pae_3.2.0-33.52_i386.deb (--unpack): failed in write on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./lib/modules/3.2.0-33-generic-pae/kernel/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn.ko': No space left on device No apport report written because the error message indicates a disk full error dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-33-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-33-generic-pae run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-33-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-33-generic-pae Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic-pae_3.2.0-33.52_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) guest@netbook:~$
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