[envy] [feisty->gutsy] package update-manager 1:0.81 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /tmp/tmppyNRYB/backports/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /tmp/tmppyNRYB/backports/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Jo Vermeulen]

Binary package hint: update-manager

I upgraded from Feisty to Gutsy, I had a problem with nvidia-glx, but then this came up as well.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 19 10:37:14 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /tmp/tmppyNRYB/backports/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /tmp/tmppyNRYB/backports/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: vmnet vmmon nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.81
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.81 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /tmp/tmppyNRYB/backports/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /tmp/tmppyNRYB/backports/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux jvermeulen 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Sun Sep 23 19:50:39 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/' to this bugreport as attachments to your bug report? Thanks in advance.

[Jo Vermeulen (jozilla)]

apt.log file

[Jo Vermeulen (jozilla)]

apt-autoinst-fixup.log file

[Jo Vermeulen (jozilla)]

I also had Envy installed to get the new Nvidia drivers. Apparantly my VMware didn't work anymore, and the packages are not available in Gutsy (although I enabled multiverse).

[eloj (srm-dfr)]

I have added my own bug report and one other as dupes to this one. My now duped report includes my dist-upgrade logs, so go there for them if needed.

[ramonono (ramonono)]

I got the same error on Xubuntu from 7.04 to 7.10.

The xubuntu-desktop was installed after an ordinary ubuntu instalation quite some time ago.

I have my logs attached to the bug report #154827 because this happened after that error installing cupsys, so I'm not going to attach them twice as they are exactly the same.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Here is what causes the problem:

dpkg - warning: downgrading nvidia-glx from 1:100.14.12 to 1:1.0.9639+2.6.22.4-14.9.
Preparing to replace nvidia-glx 1:100.14.12 (using .../nvidia-glx_1%3a1.0.9639+2.6.22.4-14.9_i386.deb) ...
dpkg-divert: `diversion of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglx.so to /usr/lib/nvidia/libglx.so.xlibmesa by nvidia-glx' clashes with `diversion of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so to /usr/lib/nvidia/libglx.so.xlibmesa by nvidia-glx'
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-glx_1%3a1.0.9639+2.6.22.4-14.9_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Jo Vermeulen (jozilla)]

Ok, so it was my mistake then probably (having installed a newer Nvidia driver using Envy) ... :-)

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

I close this (old) bug on the grounds that old versions of envy used to cause this distruption, not a lot that update-manager can do.Thanks, Michael