f3isar
December 22nd, 2014, 09:36 AM
Hi All,
I've just had a strange thing happen, my /var/lib/dpkg/status file got currupted. I clean installed xubuntu a couple of days ago, then the nvidia drivers and then Steam a long with a couple of games.
I was then given this error when attempting to install/update packages:
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 27803 package 'gcr':
field name `°[?@' must be followed by colon
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
So I checked /var/lib/dpkg/status and sure enough this appeared near 27803:
Description: GNOME crypto services (daemon and tools)
GCR is a library for crypto UI and related tasks.
.
This package contai<9c>^@^@^@^D ÃÃJ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^F^AïE^L^@r and prompter
^D°^D[?@^@^@^@ÿÿÿÿÿÿ<8c>ÃÃr^NÃÿÿÿÿÿÿpã^@^Nairdrawndagger^A^D^B^D^K^ V2^H^L^R^X$0H`l-^Zl^X^Zÿÿ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^ @^^A^@^A^@^C^E^@^@^@^@^@Ã^^^@<90>L3l^X^Zÿÿ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^ @^@^A^A^@^@ÿ^A^@^@^@^@^@1à ^K^Salled
The entries for GCR and ALSA-Utils had kinda merged with the above garbage in between. I was able to copy them back in from the /var/lib/dpkg/status-old file and the system can update again.
What I find really odd is that within that garbled text is the word 'airdrawndagger' which was, about a year ago, a wireless SSID I used.
As this is a fresh install (in fact the hardware was not even in the house when airdrawndagger existed), does anyone have any idea how that word would have ended up in my /var/lib/dpkg/status file?
As far as I'm aware the only device which has connected to this xubuntu box and had previously connected to airdrawndagger is the smart TV it's connected to.
I've just had a strange thing happen, my /var/lib/dpkg/status file got currupted. I clean installed xubuntu a couple of days ago, then the nvidia drivers and then Steam a long with a couple of games.
I was then given this error when attempting to install/update packages:
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 27803 package 'gcr':
field name `°[?@' must be followed by colon
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
So I checked /var/lib/dpkg/status and sure enough this appeared near 27803:
Description: GNOME crypto services (daemon and tools)
GCR is a library for crypto UI and related tasks.
.
This package contai<9c>^@^@^@^D ÃÃJ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^F^AïE^L^@r and prompter
^D°^D[?@^@^@^@ÿÿÿÿÿÿ<8c>ÃÃr^NÃÿÿÿÿÿÿpã^@^Nairdrawndagger^A^D^B^D^K^ V2^H^L^R^X$0H`l-^Zl^X^Zÿÿ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^ @^^A^@^A^@^C^E^@^@^@^@^@Ã^^^@<90>L3l^X^Zÿÿ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^ @^@^A^A^@^@ÿ^A^@^@^@^@^@1à ^K^Salled
The entries for GCR and ALSA-Utils had kinda merged with the above garbage in between. I was able to copy them back in from the /var/lib/dpkg/status-old file and the system can update again.
What I find really odd is that within that garbled text is the word 'airdrawndagger' which was, about a year ago, a wireless SSID I used.
As this is a fresh install (in fact the hardware was not even in the house when airdrawndagger existed), does anyone have any idea how that word would have ended up in my /var/lib/dpkg/status file?
As far as I'm aware the only device which has connected to this xubuntu box and had previously connected to airdrawndagger is the smart TV it's connected to.