apt-daemon crashed

[Pierre Vanhoucke]

Binary package hint: software-center

log infio:
Nov 6 18:40:24 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon: INFO: Initializing daemon
Nov 6 18:40:44 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Trans: INFO: Queuing transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/60fc4b0579954064be84d1f5084709f3
Nov 6 18:40:44 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Simulating trans: /org/debian/apt/transaction/60fc4b0579954064be84d1f5084709f3
Nov 6 18:40:45 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Processing transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/60fc4b0579954064be84d1f5084709f3
Nov 6 18:40:46 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: WARNING: An additional step to open the cache is required
Nov 6 18:40:47 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: CRITICAL: /home/pierre/wspr/wspr_2.00r1714_i386.deb: unable to open file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci//.svn': Is a directory
Nov 6 18:40:47 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Finished transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/60fc4b0579954064be84d1f5084709f3
Nov 6 18:46:25 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon: INFO: Quiting due to inactivity
Nov 6 18:46:25 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon: INFO: Shutdown was requested
Nov 6 18:46:25 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon: INFO: Initializing daemon
Nov 6 18:51:26 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon: INFO: Quiting due to inactivity
Nov 6 18:51:26 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon: INFO: Shutdown was requested
Nov 6 18:51:26 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon: INFO: Initializing daemon
Nov 6 18:56:27 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon: INFO: Quiting due to inactivity
Nov 6 18:56:27 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon: INFO: Shutdown was requested
Nov 6 19:18:21 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon: INFO: Initializing daemon
Nov 6 19:18:48 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Trans: INFO: Queuing transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/99849454bf8f4755b072f4d1c18509b2
Nov 6 19:18:48 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Simulating trans: /org/debian/apt/transaction/99849454bf8f4755b072f4d1c18509b2
Nov 6 19:18:49 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Processing transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/99849454bf8f4755b072f4d1c18509b2
Nov 6 19:18:50 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: WARNING: An additional step to open the cache is required
Nov 6 19:18:51 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: CRITICAL: /home/pierre/wspr/wspr_2.00r1714_i386.deb: unable to open file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci//.svn': Is a directory
Nov 6 19:18:51 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Finished transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/99849454bf8f4755b072f4d1c18509b2
Nov 6 19:21:41 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Trans: INFO: Queuing transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/6b513cd0682d4f1a9a694913b68bcaa7
Nov 6 19:21:41 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Simulating trans: /org/debian/apt/transaction/6b513cd0682d4f1a9a694913b68bcaa7
Nov 6 19:21:42 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Processing transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/6b513cd0682d4f1a9a694913b68bcaa7
Nov 6 19:21:43 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: WARNING: An additional step to open the cache is required
Nov 6 19:21:44 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: CRITICAL: /home/pierre/wspr/wspr_2.00r1714_i386.deb: unable to open file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci//.svn': Is a directory
Nov 6 19:21:44 pierre-MS-7502 AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Finished transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/6b513cd0682d4f1a9a694913b68bcaa7
UBUNTU VERSION: 10.10

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: software-center 3.0.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Nov 6 19:22:00 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center

[Rkimber (rkimber)]

I'm getting messages about every 5 minutes:-

Nov 11 12:34:40 infinity AptDaemon: INFO: Initializing daemon
Nov 11 12:39:41 infinity AptDaemon: INFO: Quiting due to inactivity
Nov 11 12:39:41 infinity AptDaemon: INFO: Shutdown was requested

Ubuntu 10.10; 2.6.35-22-generic; AMD Phenom2x4, current nvidia driver

[me here now (dominoeffect67)]

Hi, my comp was dying intermittently. White flashing lines after running smoothly. I found a thread that had this fix:
go to System, Administration, Synaptic Package Manager.
once you give it you password, look for grub.
in Ubuntu 10.04 i think it installs grub-pc automatically.
choose grub
it will intall it and uninstall grub-pc.
This seems to have fixed my OS

[me here now (dominoeffect67)]

also, let me add my daemon output was the same as Rkimber

[Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor)]

Sorry, I don't see a problem that is connected with aptdaemon. The information from aptdaemon in the syslog is ok