update jammed

[tiomoco]

Hi.! Ubuntu 12.04 64 bt on Dell Inspiron 3421 here. Update manager claims there are incompatible packets that don't let some security updates be installed. One that can't is "Firmware for Linux kernel". How can i learn which packets to uninstall..? Thanks.
Tiomoco

[Frogs Hair]

Post the output of the following command in code tags and close the update manager before running the command in the terminal. To use code tags copy and paste the output in the reply box and use the # symbol from the tools while the text is highlighted.


sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

[tiomoco]

demiano@demiano-Inspiron-3421:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for demiano:
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Hit http://dell.archive.canonical.com precise-dell Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Hit http://dell.archive.canonical.com precise-dell Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://dell.archive.canonical.com precise-dell/public Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://dell.archive.canonical.com precise-dell/public amd64 Packages
Hit http://dell.archive.canonical.com precise-dell/public i386 Packages
Ign http://dell.archive.canonical.com precise-dell/public TranslationIndex
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free TranslationIndex
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources [452 kB]
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [98.9 kB]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources [2,494 B]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [30.9 kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources [1,789 B]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main amd64 Packages [369 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources [8,028 B]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [105 kB]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en_US
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources [8,474 B]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main amd64 Packages [758 kB]
Ign http://dell.archive.canonical.com precise-dell/public Translation-en_US
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://dell.archive.canonical.com precise-dell/public Translation-en
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [12.2 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages [237 kB]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages [4,627 B]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe amd64 Packages [91.2 kB]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [14.5 kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [782 kB]
Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [2,446 B]
Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [396 kB]
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [12.2 kB]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages [242 kB]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [14.7 kB]
Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [4,620 B]
Get:27 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [95.8 kB]
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex [3,564 B]
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex [2,605 B]
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex [2,461 B]
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex [2,850 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex
Get:32 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [2,646 B]
Get:33 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex [74 B]
Get:34 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:35 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:36 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex [73 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
Fetched 3,857 kB in 8s (443 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
linux-firmware sudo
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 299 kB/26.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 5,498 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main sudo amd64 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.6 [299 kB]
Fetched 299 kB in 1s (162 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 301832 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace sudo 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.4 (using .../sudo_1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.6_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement sudo ...
Preparing to replace linux-firmware 1.79 (using .../linux-firmware_1.79.10_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-firmware ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_1.79.10_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/ar3k/ramps_0x31010000_40.dfu', which is also in package bt-dw1705-firmware 0.1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_1.79.10_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
demiano@demiano-Inspiron-3421:~$

[matt_symes]

Hi

Open a terminal and type


sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_1.79.10_all.deb

This will overwrite the new firmware over the old one.

This should be alright and can be reverted if it causes any issues.

Kind regards

[tiomoco]

Thanks Matt Symes..! But i'll try that medicine after i've safely backed my stuff :o)

[matt_symes]

Hi

You should be backing up regularly as a matter of course :)

Kind regards

[tiomoco]

Did the OVERRIDE trick and got this: demiano@demiano-Inspiron-3421:~$ sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_1.79.10_all.deb
[sudo] password for demiano:
(Reading database ... 301832 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace linux-firmware 1.79 (using .../linux-firmware_1.79.10_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-firmware ...
dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/ar3k/ramps_0x31010000_40.dfu', which is also in package bt-dw1705-firmware 0.1
dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/ar3k/AthrBT_0x31010000.dfu', which is also in package bt-dw1705-firmware 0.1
Setting up linux-firmware (1.79.10) ...
demiano@demiano-Inspiron-3421:~$

HOWEVER, Synaptics claims now that it's the 1.79.10 firmware that is currently installed. We shall see how it goes. Thanks. Have a swell weekend Matt Symes..!

[matt_symes]

Hi

It should be alright to install the new version of the Linux Firmware.

What the original error message was telling you was that the same file (although potentially different versions of it) are in more than one package on your machine.

The package manager will not overwrite one with the other unless you explicitly tell it to and this was the error message you were getting when you tried to update the file from a different package than the one it was installed from.

The messages you posted in your last post are not errors but a warning reminding you of such.

If you do have any problems then it can easily be rolled back as it's just a set of files stored on your hard drive.

Kind regards

[tiomoco]

Fait accompli..! The overwriting command worked fine. Proof are all these days i've running my little machine. Thanks for your kind advice guys..!!;)