Cannot perform update

[alfirdaous]

Hello everybody

I was truing to do a usual update, an error has appeared:


http://s18.postimg.org/6y25e89uh/update_Error.png



Thanks in advance

[TheFu]

Open a terminal.
Run

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Copy and past the results back here, please. No images. We need to see the errors to help. That screen image didn't show the real error.

[alfirdaous]

here you go:



Fetched 18.3 MB in 4s (3,925 kB/s)
E: Write error - write (28: No space left on device)
E: Write error - write (28: No space left on device)
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libframe6_2.2.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnome2-bin_2.32.1-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnome2-0_2.32.1-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libgrail5_3.0.6-0ubuntu0.12.04.01_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libnm-util2_0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libnm-glib4_0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/network-manager_0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/update-notifier_0.119ubuntu8.6_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/patch_2.6.1-3_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/update-notifier-common_0.119ubuntu8.6_all.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libgeis1_2.2.9.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0_0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/printer-driver-hpijs_3.12.2-1ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libsane-hpaio_3.12.2-1ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/hplip_3.12.2-1ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libhpmud0_3.12.2-1ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/hplip-data_3.12.2-1ubuntu3.1_all.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/printer-driver-hpcups_3.12.2-1ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-cli_5.3.10-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-xsl_5.3.10-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-mysql_5.3.10-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-gd_5.3.10-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-curl_5.3.10-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libapache2-mod-php5_5.3.10-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-common_5.3.10-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libgrip0_0.3.5-0ubuntu1~12.04.1_amd64.deb
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libnm-glib-vpn1_0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb




Errors were encountered while processing:
apparmor
[ Rootkit Hunter version 1.3.8 ]
File updated: searched for 165 files, found 133
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


disk space:



# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 20G 6.9G 12G 38% /
/dev/root 20G 6.9G 12G 38% /
devtmpfs 993M 4.0K 993M 1% /dev
none 199M 2.7M 196M 2% /run
none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
none 994M 4.0K 994M 1% /run/shm
overflow 1.0M 1020K 4.0K 100% /tmp
/dev/sda2 894G 801G 48G 95% /home

[TheFu]

How about
df -i

I bet you are out of inodes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inode).
It is likely that old kernels have been sucking the storage and inodes.
http://blog.jdpfu.com/2013/02/23/cleanup-old-kernels-from-apt has a script to create a command to clean them up. This might be enough to make the system useable again, perhaps not. There is no way to know until you try.

[alfirdaous]

here you are:



# df -i
Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
rootfs 1281120 204255 1076865 16% /
/dev/root 1281120 204255 1076865 16% /
devtmpfs 254127 1460 252667 1% /dev
none 254231 876 253355 1% /run
none 254231 5 254226 1% /run/lock
none 254231 3 254228 1% /run/shm
overflow 254231 119 254112 1% /tmp
/dev/sda2 59514880 306561 59208319 1% /home


and then:



./kernel-cleanup.sh
INFO: New Kernel installed - reboot needed before cleanup attempts.
*** System restart required ***


# reboot


after that:



./kernel-cleanup.sh

INFO: Current kernel is: linux-image-3.8.13-xxxx-std-ipv6-64

INFO: Kernel cleanup not necessary.
INFO: 0 kernels have been retained in addition to the currently used kernel.


update:



# apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up apparmor (2.7.102-0ubuntu3.9) ...
[ Rootkit Hunter version 1.3.8 ]
File updated: searched for 165 files, found 133



no error shown.

Strange thing that the reboot was not shown while login in, shall I add the clean up script to the weekly cron?

[TheFu]

Are you running these commands from a liveCD boot?

I'd expect / to be mounted on /dev/sda1 or something like that. If you use LVM, then there would be a /dev/mapper/something.
What's with the rootfs stuff?

[alfirdaous]

Are you running these commands from a liveCD boot?
No I am on an Ubuntu Desktop


I'd expect / to be mounted on /dev/sda1 or something like that. If you use LVM, then there would be a /dev/mapper/something.



/dev/mapper$ ls
control



What's with the rootfs stuff?

rootfs is it the /var location?

[TheFu]

rootfs is it the /var location?

Your disks don't look normal to me. Is this a WUBI install?

Here's what I expected (mix of regular and software RAID):


$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 19501440 5842880 13658560 30% /
/dev/sda6 257481536 85694200 158708020 36% /export
/dev/sde3 604756628 446964492 127072244 78% /Backups
/dev/md1 1912523780 1524075628 291297612 84% /raid

Or on an LVM box:

$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/qbe-root 11800496 2457156 8743892 22% /
udev 4046136 12 4046124 1% /dev
tmpfs 1622092 780 1621312 1% /run
none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
none 4055220 0 4055220 0% /run/shm
cgroup 4055220 0 4055220 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda1 233191 50753 169997 23% /boot
/dev/mapper/qbe-export 165139820 149226616 7525364 96% /export
/dev/mapper/qbe-backups 154818540 202668 146751552 1% /backups


Or on a virtual machine:

$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1 13912144 11683052 1522380 89% /
udev 757168 4 757164 1% /dev
tmpfs 306256 360 305896 1% /run
none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
none 765640 76 765564 1% /run/shm
cgroup 765640 0 765640 0% /sys/fs/cgroup


I have no idea what a rootfs is. Google implies that it has something to do with an encrypted file system + LVM setup, but I have no idea if that is true. Sorry, I can't help.

[alfirdaous]

Thanks TheFu (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1037685), it is a desktop server, there is no RAID, and not WUBI, basic install on a computer