APT constantly breaking - bzip2 error

[sphilli8]

So, I'm just sick to death of my apt breaking every single #&*%ing day. I just want to upgrade to intrepid now. I was going to wait until Jaunty comes out and upgrade then, but I'm sick of it. Unfortunately, I can't upgrade until I fix my apt....So if anyone can help me with the problem below that would be sweet.


sphilli8@sphilli-top:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Translation-en_AU
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_AU
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy/free Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Hit http://wine.budgetdedicated.com edgy Release.gpg
Ign http://wine.budgetdedicated.com edgy/main Translation-en_AU
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy/non-free Translation-en_AU
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Hit http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy/main Translation-en_AU
Hit http://wine.budgetdedicated.com edgy Release
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy/free Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Hit http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy Release
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy/non-free Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Ign http://wine.budgetdedicated.com edgy/main Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Sources
Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages [430kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Sources
Ign http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://wine.budgetdedicated.com edgy/main Packages
Hit http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Sources
99% [1 Packages bzip2 0]
bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing.
Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout)

It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.

You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover
data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.

Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Fetched 430kB in 5s (77.2kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/main/ binary-i386/Packages.bz2 Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
sphilli8@sphilli-top:~$


When I try to open Adept Manager I get the message.
The APT Database could not be opened! This may be caused by incorrect APT configuration or some similar problem. Try running apt-setup and apt-get update in terminal and see if it helps to resolve the problem.
I was getting this message even after I fixed the last problem (yesterday) and "apt-get update" wasn't returning any errors. I don't know what the hell's going on with that, but if anyone can tell me how to do a version upgrade from console that would be sweet too.

spanks
Steve

[lemming465]

The first thing to try is sudo aptitude clean to clear out any damaged cached files that are getting in your way. If that doesn't fix the problem, try switching to a different mirror server. You can either edit /etc/apt/sources.list by hand, or use the "Download from ..." dropdown in Synaptic -> Settings -> Repositories on the Ubuntu sources tab.

For a console based update, you have to switch the version in /etc/apt/sources.list (something like sudu perl -ie 's/hardy/intrepid/g;' ...) and then run something like "sudo aptitude full-upgrade". If you have GUI available, "sudo update-manager -d" will be easier.

Note that you can't upgrade directly from hardy to jaunty, you have to go through intrepid along the way.

[sphilli8]

Thanks for the advice, I ended up getting a CD to work and upgrading that way. Unfortunately the APT was still constantly breaking after the upgrade, and I narrowed the problem down to damaged hardware. Most likely the motherboard. Grrr.

[lemming465]

In the mid-1990's a classic hardware test was compiling a linux kernel from source. That tended to severely stress the CPU, cache, memory, disk controller, and hard drive. If there was any flakey hardware anywhere, you'd see segmentation fault errors.


Most likely the motherboard
Check for bad capacitors (misshapen or discolored). Some years ago there were problems with fake Chinese electrolytes; the industrial espionage against the Japanese vendors had missed a key stabilizing ingredient.