E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

[Heinvandijk]

System crashes repeatedly during configuration of gnome system monitor.
I just installed Hardy Heron beta and wanted to install updates.
report:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
System crashed second time during dpkg --configure -a >> configur. gnome system monitor

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

did you run dpkg --configure -a?

[Heinvandijk (dijkvan)]

On do, 2008-03-27 at 12:09 +0000, Pedro Villavicencio wrote:
> did you run dpkg --configure -a?
Yes, after the first crash (frozen screen).
Now, after the third time gnome-system-terminal was configured (no
crash) but others like power management en gnome-utils were not.
>
> ** Changed in: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Could you please add all the files contained in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ to your bug report as separate attachments? Thanks in advance.

[Heinvandijk (dijkvan)]

On do, 2008-03-27 at 15:55 +0000, Pedro Villavicencio wrote:
> Could you please add all the files contained in /var/log/dist-upgrade/
no files there.
I made a fresh install and then updated (200 packages).
Hre is some more output in the attachment

In dutch (fout=failure; instellen = configure)

thod@thod-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for thod:
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-12-generic
Instellen van gnome-system-monitor (2.22.0-1ubuntu1) ...

Instellen van policykit (0.7-2ubuntu5) ...
Installeren van nieuwe versie van configuratiebestand /etc/init.d/policykit ...

Instellen van libegroupwise1.2-13 (2.22.0-0ubuntu2) ...

Instellen van mono-jit (1.2.6+dfsg-6ubuntu3) ...

Instellen van libgnome-window-settings1 (1:2.22.0-0ubuntu3) ...

Instellen van libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (0.10.18-3) ...

Instellen van cupsys-bsd (1.3.6-3ubuntu1) ...

Instellen van hal (0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu5) ...
Installeren van nieuwe versie van configuratiebestand /etc/init.d/hal ...
 * Reloading system message bus config... [ OK ]
 * Starting Hardware abstraction layer hald invoke-rc.d: initscript hal, action "start" failed.
dpkg: fout bij afhandelen van hal (--configure):
 subproces post-installation script gaf een foutwaarde 1 terug
Instellen van gnome-icon-theme (2.22.0-1ubuntu1) ...

Instellen van libgdata1.2-1 (2.22.0-0ubuntu2) ...

Instellen van libedataserver1.2-9 (2.22.0-0ubuntu2) ...

Instellen van libcamel1.2-11 (2.22.0-0ubuntu2) ...

dpkg: fout bij afhandelen van gnome-utils (--configure):
 Pakket is in een zeer inconsistente staat - u zult het opnieuw
 moeten installeren alvorens het te configureren.
Instellen van libgdata-google1.2-1 (2.22.0-0ubuntu2) ...

Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Instellen van hplip (2.8.2-0ubuntu4) ...
Creating/updating hplip user account...

Instellen van libmono-corlib2.0-cil (1.2.6+dfsg-6ubuntu3) ...
Instellen van libmono-corlib1.0-cil (1.2.6+dfsg-6ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: vereistenproblemen verhinderen de configuratie van gnome-power-manager:
 gnome-power-manager is afhankelijk van hal (>= 0.5.10); maar:
  Pakket hal is nog niet geconfigureerd.
dpkg: fout bij afhandelen van gnome-power-manager (--configure):
 vereistenproblemen - blijft ongeconfigureerd
Instellen van eog (2.22.0-1ubuntu1) ...

Instellen van hpijs (2.8.2+2.8.2-0ubuntu4) ...
Instellen van mono-gac (1.2.6+dfsg-6ubuntu3) ...
* Installing 1 assembly from libflickrnet2.1.5-cil into Mono
* Installing 1 assembly from libgmime2.2-cil into Mono
* Installing 4 assemblies from libmono-addins0.2-cil into Mono
* Installing 2 assemblies from libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil into Mono
* Installing 1 assembly from libndesk-dbus1.0-cil into Mono
* Installing 1 assembly from libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil into Mono
* Installing 1 assembly from policy.2.1.FlickrNet into Mono

Instellen van libecal1.2-7 (2.22.0-0ubuntu2) ...

Instellen van libebook1.2-9 (2.22.0-0ubuntu2) ...

Instellen van gnome-control-center (1:2.22.0-0ubuntu3) ...

Instellen van bug-buddy (2.22.0+dfsg-2) ...

Instellen van l...

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

thanks for the feedback.

[Morten (mortenn8035-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

I getting the message to but only in package manager and update manager.:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

When typing dpkg --configure -a in the terminal i get this:
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
Setter opp cupsys-bsd (1.3.7-1ubuntu3) ...

Setter opp compiz-fusion-plugins-main (0.7.4-0ubuntu4) ...

(gconftool-2:12723): GConf-CRITICAL **: Failed to load file "/var/lib/gconf/defaults/%gconf-tree-de.xml": Error reading "/var/lib/gconf/defaults/%gconf-tree-de.xml": Input/output error

(gconftool-2:12723): GConf-CRITICAL **: Failed to load file "/var/lib/gconf/defaults/%gconf-tree-it.xml": Error reading "/var/lib/gconf/defaults/%gconf-tree-it.xml": Input/output error

(gconftool-2:12723): GConf-CRITICAL **: Failed to load file "/var/lib/gconf/defaults/%gconf-tree-en_GB.xml": Error reading "/var/lib/gconf/defaults/%gconf-tree-en_GB.xml": Input/output error

And then this repeat itself with the same, just the files that is different.

[RayArdia (theallinsons)]

When I type dkpg --configure -a I get:_

ray@Study:~$ dpkg --cofigure -a
dpkg: unknown option --cofigure

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license|--licence for copyright licence and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
ray@Study:~$