Error message from update-manager

[Cariboo1938]

12.04-Beta, USB install, running update-manager gives the following Error message:


Package operation failed
The installation or removal of a software package failed.

Details:
installArchives() failed:
Extracting templates from packages: 83%%
Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...

dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
unable to create `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i': Input/output error

localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/locale: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/man: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/gnome/help: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/omf: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML: 0 KiB

Total disk space freed by localepurge: 0 KiB


I'm not sure if this is of any interest to developers.

[matt_symes]

Hi

Try running fsck on the partition from a LiveCD/USB.

Is the drive full up ?

Kind regards

[Cariboo1938]

Hi and thanks for the response...


Is the drive full up ?



I think so...I'm connected to the Forum and I'm writing this right now from an Ubuntu 12.04 Beta USB Drive installation.



Try running fsck on the partition from a LiveCD/USB.
Sorry, but I don't exactly know what to do here..When I open a terminal as su and type 'fsck' all I get is:
root@ubuntu:~# fsck
fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
root@ubuntu:~#
Does this make sense to you?:confused:

Kind regards

[Cariboo1938]

More Info:

The screenshot shows what I want to do---install 36 updates on the USB drive.

I learned more about the fsck command HERE (http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl8_fsck_.htm) and tried several options, but without success.

I checked the directory the update-manager is complaining about and noticed that the tmp.i gives only ??? for access right/ownership/size/date.

/var/lib/dpkg looks ok to me:


root@ubuntu:/var/lib/dpkg# ls -l
total 6197
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 19 15:21 alternatives
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1487685 Apr 19 15:23 available
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1487684 Apr 19 15:21 available-old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Mar 27 16:30 cmethopt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1610 Apr 15 11:37 diversions
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1656 Apr 15 11:28 diversions-old
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 118784 Apr 19 15:23 info
-rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Apr 24 10:34 lock
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Dec 16 02:32 parts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135 Mar 27 16:33 statoverride
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1599966 Apr 19 15:29 status
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1599966 Apr 19 15:27 status-old
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 19 15:26 triggers
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 19 15:29 updates
root@ubuntu:/var/lib/dpkg#

tmp.i --- looks strange to me:


root@ubuntu:/var/lib/dpkg/updates# ls -l
ls: cannot access tmp.i: Input/output error
total 0
-????????? ? ? ? ? ? tmp.i
root@ubuntu:/var/lib/dpkg/updates#

How can that be fixed if fsck does not do it?

[ph4nt0m117]

12.04-Beta, USB install, running update-manager gives the following Error message:


I'm not sure if this is of any interest to developers.

In this case, the hard drive is full.

[matt_symes]

Hi

That does look like a corrupted file. What is the output of (small I and not L after ls)


ls -i /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i

Also, to run fsck you want to boot into a live CD/USB. Find the device node for your hard drive root partition.


sudo fdisk -l

That will show you the device node such as /dev/sdb1

Then type


sudo fsck -f /dev/sdXY

Where sdXY is the device node found from the command above. This wlll force a check even if the file system clean flag is set.

If in doubt then post the output of the fdisk command back here.

You can also check the amount of free space on the root partition by mounting the partition and running the df command.


sudo mkdir ~/root_drive


sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sdXY ~/root_drive


df -h ~/root_drive

Change sdXY as before. It assume you used the default ext4 file system That will show you the amount of free space on your root partition. Post the results back here.

Kind regards

[Cariboo1938]

Here are the terminal outputs.....

What is the output of 'ls -i /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i'?



ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo -s
root@ubuntu:~# ls -i /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i
16762 /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i
root@ubuntu:~#


Also, find the device node for your hard drive root partition with 'sudo fdisk -l'



Disk /dev/sdb: 8401 MB, 8401190912 bytes
99 heads, 37 sectors/track, 4479 cylinders, total 16408576 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x5c74ac98

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 736 16408575 8203920 b W95 FAT32
root@ubuntu:~#


Then type 'sudo fsck -f /dev/sdb1'.
This wlll force a check even if the file system clean flag is set.



root@ubuntu:~# sudo fsck -f /dev/sdb1
fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
dosfsck 3.0.12, 29 Oct 2011, FAT32, LFN
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Differences: (offset : original/backup)
3:53/6d, 4:59/6b, 5:53/64, 6:4c/6f, 7:49/73, 8:4e/66, 9:55/73, 10:58/00
, 90:fa/0e, 91:fc/1f, 92:31/be, 93:c9/77, 94:8e/7c, 95:d1/ac, 96:bc/22
, 97:76/c0, 98:7b/74, 99:52/0b, 100:06/56, 101:57/b4, 102:1e/0e, 103:56/bb
, 104:8e/07, 105:c1/00, 106:b1/cd, 107:26/10, 108:bf/5e, 109:78/eb
, 110:7b/f0, 111:f3/32, 112:a5/e4, 113:8e/cd, 114:d9/16, 115:bb/cd
, 116:78/19, 117:00/eb, 118:0f/fe, 119:b4/54, 120:37/68, 121:0f/69
, 122:a0/73, 123:56/20, 124:20/69, 125:d2/73, 126:78/20, 127:1b/6e
, 128:31/6f, 129:c0/74, 130:b1/20, 131:06/61, 132:89/20, 133:3f/62
, 134:89/6f, 135:47/6f, 136:02/74, 137:f3/61, 138:64/62, 139:a5/6c
, 140:8a/65, 141:0e/20, 142:18/64, 143:7c/69, 144:88/73, 145:4d/6b
, 146:f8/2e, 147:50/20, 148:50/20, 150:50/6c, 151:cd/65, 152:13/61
, 153:eb/73, 154:62/65, 155:8b/20, 156:55/69, 157:aa/6e, 158:8b/73
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, 177:f6/70, 178:45/70, 179:b4/79, 180:7f/20, 181:75/61, 182:25/6e
, 183:38/64, 184:4d/0d, 185:b8/0a, 186:74/70, 187:20/72, 188:66/65
, 189:3d/73, 190:21/73, 191:47/20, 192:50/61, 193:54/6e, 194:75/79
, 195:10/20, 196:80/6b, 197:7d/65, 198:b8/79, 199:ed/20, 200:75/74
, 201:0a/6f, 202:66/20, 203:ff/74, 204:75/72, 205:ec/79, 206:66/20
, 207:ff/61, 208:75/67, 209:e8/61, 210:eb/69, 211:0f/6e, 212:51/20
, 213:51/2e, 214:66/2e, 215:ff/2e, 216:75/20, 217:bc/0d, 218:eb/0a
, 219:07/00, 220:51/00, 221:51/00, 222:66/00, 223:ff/00, 224:36/00
, 225:1c/00, 226:7c/00, 227:b4/00, 228:08/00, 229:e8/00, 230:e9/00
, 232:72/00, 233:13/00, 234:20/00, 235:e4/00, 236:75/00, 237:0f/00
, 238:c1/00, 239:ea/00, 240:08/00, 241:42/00, 242:89/00, 243:16/00
, 244:1a/00, 245:7c/00, 246:83/00, 247:e1/00, 248:3f/00, 249:89/00
, 250:0e/00, 251:18/00, 252:7c/00, 253:fb/00, 254:bb/00, 255:aa/00
, 256:55/00, 257:b4/00, 258:41/00, 259:e8/00, 260:cb/00, 262:72/00
, 263:10/00, 264:81/00, 265:fb/00, 266:55/00, 267:aa/00, 268:75/00
, 269:0a/00, 270:f6/00, 271:c1/00, 272:01/00, 273:74/00, 274:05/00
, 275:c6/00, 276:06/00, 277:46/00, 278:7d/00, 280:66/00, 281:b8/00
, 282:10/00, 283:ec/00, 284:16/00, 286:66/00, 287:ba/00, 292:bb/00
, 294:7e/00, 295:e8/00, 296:0e/00, 298:66/00, 299:81/00, 300:3e/00
, 301:1c/00, 302:7e/00, 303:2d/00, 304:ae/00, 305:61/00, 306:73/00
, 307:75/00, 308:74/00, 309:e9/00, 310:f8/00, 312:66/00, 313:03/00
, 314:06/00, 315:60/00, 316:7b/00, 317:66/00, 318:13/00, 319:16/00
, 320:64/00, 321:7b/00, 322:b9/00, 323:10/00, 325:eb/00, 326:2b/00
, 327:66/00, 328:52/00, 329:66/00, 330:50/00, 331:06/00, 332:53/00
, 333:6a/00, 334:01/00, 335:6a/00, 336:10/00, 337:89/00, 338:e6/00
, 339:66/00, 340:60/00, 341:b4/00, 342:42/00, 343:e8/00, 344:77/00
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, 371:60/00, 372:66/00, 373:0f/00, 374:b7/00, 375:36/00, 376:18/00
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, 508:18/00, 509:37/00
1) Copy original to backup
2) Copy backup to original
3) No action
?


I didn't know what to do :confused: so I entered option "3" and got this:


1) Copy original to backup
2) Copy backup to original
3) No action
? 3
/casper/initrd.lz
Contains a free cluster (1422417). Assuming EOF.
/casper/initrd.lz
File size is 14960257 bytes, cluster chain length is 0 bytes.
Truncating file to 0 bytes.
/casper/vmlinuz
Contains a free cluster (1421204). Assuming EOF.
/casper/vmlinuz
File size is 4965840 bytes, cluster chain length is 0 bytes.
Truncating file to 0 bytes.
Unable to create unique name
root@ubuntu:~#


I go through the procedure again when I know how to decide:
1) Copy original to backup
2) Copy backup to original

What is the right choice here:confused:

Thank you for the help so far and
my regards

[matt_symes]

Hi

You have an inode for that file. That is good. Lets take a closer look at the file. Boot into your main Ubuntu installation

Open a terminal and type


df

You should get output like this. You are interested in the line containing the red /

It will show where you root partition is mounted. In my case it is /dev/sda2



matthew@matthew-Aspire-7540 ~ % df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 9734404 8161444 1084680 89% /
udev 1400228 12 1400216 1% /dev
tmpfs 564892 976 563916 1% /run
none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
none 1412228 156 1412072 1% /run/shm
matthew@matthew-Aspire-7540 ~ %

Type this command below and substitute sda2 for you root partition.


sudo debugfs -R "stat <16762>" /dev/sda2

Post back the results back here.


What is the right choice here

As for your fsck attempt on /dev/sdb1, you did the right thing That would have run fsck on your FAT32 filing system. Not what you want to do.

I do not see any linux partitions there from your fdisk -l command. I would have expected to see something like...


matthew@matthew-Aspire-7540 ~ % sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d0c8c

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 97656831 48827392 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 * 97656832 117188063 9765616 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 117188608 136720383 9765888 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 136722430 625137344 244207457+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 136722432 227014514 45146041+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 227014578 234372284 3678853+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
<SNIP>
matthew@matthew-Aspire-7540 ~ %

Is this a Wubi install ?

Kind regards

[Cariboo1938]

Hi,

Confusion complete:confused:

Re.: 'df'


root@ubuntu:~# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/cow 4128444 3608824 309908 93% /
udev 3811396 4 3811392 1% /dev
tmpfs 1528236 864 1527372 1% /run
/dev/sdb1 8187904 5452972 2734932 67% /cdrom
/dev/loop0 680320 680320 0 100% /rofs
tmpfs 3820584 16 3820568 1% /tmp
none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
none 3820584 76 3820508 1% /run/shm
root@ubuntu:~#



Re.: 'fdisk -l' ---> certainly I have this too, but I thought this is not relevant in my case as I try to update the 12.04 which is running on USB drive and I thought the corrupted file in question belongs to this USB FAT filesystem...



root@ubuntu:~# sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xfcb09eec

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 409599 203776 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 409600 744269823 371930112 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 1432315904 1464936447 16310272 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 744271870 1432315903 344022017 5 Extended
Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5 818206720 1432315903 307054592 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 744271872 787279871 21504000 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 787281920 818204671 15461376 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 8401 MB, 8401190912 bytes
99 heads, 37 sectors/track, 4479 cylinders, total 16408576 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x5c74ac98

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 736 16408575 8203920 b W95 FAT32
root@ubuntu:~#

[matt_symes]

Hi

This is a Live, persistent USB installation that has the problem ?
Being run from a USB stick ?
Booted into a PC when powered on (or warm cycled) and the USB device is the first bootable boot device the BIOS sees ?

Is that so ? This may be why we are crossing wires and would explain FAT32 filing system, so please confirm this.

Kind regards

[Cariboo1938]

Hi

This is a Live, persistent USB installation that has the problem ?
YES!


Being run from a USB stick ?
YES!

Booted into a PC when powered on (or warm cycled) and the USB device is the first bootable boot device the BIOS sees?
YES!

Is that so ?
YES!

Hereby I confirm this. :)

Kind regards

[matt_symes]

Hi


Hereby I confirm this. :smile:LoL. Much confusion there then :D It don't really use persistent USB sticks so....

.. however.

You could try deleting the file (tmp.i) using its inode.

You can also try debugfs to clear the inode of the file.

Make space on the stick by cleaning apt-caches and removing old kernels.

Kind regards

[Cariboo1938]

You could try deleting the file (tmp.i) using its inode.

You can also try debugfs to clear the inode of the file.

Make space on the stick by cleaning apt-caches and removing old kernels.

Kind regards
Hi,
Can I use
a) remove files with inode number
b) cleaning apt-caches
c) removing old kernels

on a FAT file system as it is on the USB stick?

[matt_symes]

Hi


Hi,
Can I use
a) remove files with inode number
b) cleaning apt-caches
c) removing old kernels

on a FAT file system as it is on the USB stick?

I'm really no expert here at all and i am hoping someone else will speak up.

I suggest trying it.

Kind regards

[Cariboo1938]

Find the inode# for "tmp.i" didn't work:


a)root@ubuntu:~# ls -i /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i
ls: cannot access /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i: Input/output error

b)root@ubuntu:~# cd /var/lib/dpkg/updates
root@ubuntu:/var/lib/dpkg/updates# ls -il
ls: cannot access tmp.i: Input/output error
total 0
? -????????? ? ? ? ? ? tmp.i

Though, in general inode#s are found on a FAT system

c)root@ubuntu:/var/lib/dpkg# ls -il
total 6197
10934 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 19 15:21 alternatives
92343 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1487685 Apr 19 15:23 available
106933 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1487684 Apr 19 15:21 available-old
135832 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Mar 27 16:30 cmethopt
238483 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1610 Apr 15 11:37 diversions
238478 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1656 Apr 15 11:28 diversions-old
10701 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 118784 Apr 19 15:23 info
237633 -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Apr 24 10:34 lock
38674 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Dec 16 02:32 parts
135845 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135 Mar 27 16:33 statoverride
92345 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1599966 Apr 19 15:29 status
237612 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1599966 Apr 19 15:27 status-old
10698 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 19 15:26 triggers
10696 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 19 15:29 updates


,and, for example, I could remove inode# 237633 - file "lock" and inode# 237612 - file "status-old"
and I could also remove files in directory, let's say 'alteratives'
but I could not remove directory updates containing the corrupted file tmp.i

root@ubuntu:/var/lib/dpkg# find . -inum 10696 -exec rmdir --ignore {} \;
find: `./updates/tmp.i': Input/output error
root@ubuntu:/var/lib/dpkg#

I finally decided to give up the idea to fix that and start over again with today released 12.04 LTS

@ matt
Thanks a lot for your patience and help. I learned a lot.
Cariboo
:)