Frash install keep crashes down

[motorna_testera]

first time during the update in "update manager"
than when i tried to install flash plugin for firefox
than when i try to install anything...

first there is an error in installation:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

console always stuck and computer crash at:

Setting up mono-gac (2.0.1-ubuntu0.1) ...
* Installing 1 assembly from libflickrnet2.1.5-cil into Mono
* Installing 1 assembly from libgnome-keyring1.0-cil into Mono
* Installing 7 assembly from libmono-addins0.2-cil into Mono


any help?

[stlsaint]

run that cmd error its giving you in terminal:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

[motorna_testera]

when i run that the thing that i've pasted from console happens...
and freeze...

[stlsaint]

what cmd are you using to install flash plugin

[theozzlives]

you can get flash by just installing ubuntu-restricted-extras from add/remove.

[motorna_testera]

it is not just flash,
its with every install...

i just tried to open Add/Remove
and the same error came out

[sray]

I am facing the same problem, and still looking for solutions.
I am using Ubuntu Studio 9.04. After the installation, the system suggested some important security updates including libmono something. But the update has never succeeded, it always crashes at

"libmono-addins0.2-cil into mono".

Even I try "sudo dkpg --configure -a" in a terminal, the result is the same: crash!
Any help? Please!

[ztomic]

same problem here on ubuntustudio 9.04. fresh install then update freezes on mono-gac. have tried 'dpkg -configure -a' several times. am finding plenty of bug reports on mono-gac but no solutions.

[orbtlcptn]

I second(fifth?) the problem, fresh install, did an update, crash, had to restart by force, now can't get apt-get/synaptic to work. Same message about dpkg --configure... , does this, system crashes.
//paco

[orbtlcptn]

Could it be, something wring with the "sources.list" file since it crashes on getting the assembly; here's mine, I don't have a refference to check with but maby someone else got;
#
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Studio 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release i386 (20090421.4)]/ jaunty main multiverse restricted universe

#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Studio 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release i386 (20090421.4)]/ jaunty main multiverse restricted universe
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse

[BBuntu]

Same here.

UbuntuStudio 9.04.

HW is new ASRock with Atom 330 and Nvidia ion.

Sometimes system hangs on boot and I can't now install Flash either.

My installation looked OK and problems only started with system update...

[jsegel]

stuck also, apt-get -anything is saying dpkg interrupted, running dpkg --configure -a freezes the system
awesome.

[mvftd]

Same problem here, Ubuntu Studio 9.04

Strangely, the result of dpkg --configure -a is slightly random.

It crashes when processing mono-gac, but the number of lines that it outputs (the number of assemblies it compiles, I presume) before crashing varies.

Also, if I cold reboot the system after the crash and retry with dpkg --configure -a, it runs through without attempting to process mono-gac again.

apt-get dist-upgrade tells me that the package is not fully installed, though.

I would happily run any diagnosis tool available, if somebody could point it out to me.

Otherwise Ubuntu Studio runs fine.

[Neofita]

I ain't got a proper solution, but there's a way not to have the "freeze" problem.

Completely reinstall your version of Ubuntu.
Then in "update manager" DESELECT anything containing the word "mono" (I mean every "libmono*", "libmono-*" and "mono-*"), carefully AVOIDING to install these upgrades.

Install EVERY OTHER upgrade suggested by "update manager".

This way, there won't be any annoying crash or subsequent error message:
"E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report." !!! :P :P :P

IMPORTANT!!!
If you want to keep your Ubuntu free from these crashes and following error messages, you'd better NEVER install any programme or library or upgrade somehow related to Mono, Novell and so on (to learn more about the Mono controversy, read for instance http://www.linuxplanet.org/blogs/?cat=1088).

The most popular softwares seeming to create trouble are: "openoffice", "openoffice.org", "banshee", "tomboy", "evolution", "mono".
I tried installing "openoffice.org" and all I got was a crash, and, once again, the same error message we all had before... :(

Another software of this kind is "F-spot", given by default to you at least with the installation DVD of Ubuntu Studio 9.04. KEEP IT as it is and DON'T upgrade it!
I even tried to uninstall it, and, guess what, I had a crash and the infamous error message! :confused:


There's a list of many of these Mono software releases: http://www.mono-project.com/Software
There's also a list of many of these Mono libraries: http://www.mono-project.com/Libraries

I'm not an enemy nor a friend of Mono, Novell and so on...
I just want my Ubuntu Studio 9.04 to keep working without any problem!
I hope this post could be of any help... ;)