package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade

[Ezra Morris]

Binary package hint: update-manager

From Hardy to Intrepid upgrade:
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package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
Package: update-manager 1:0.93.32
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

From your log file there has been 3 errors during your upgrade

1. Download failure : Not much we can do here. The only suggestion is to retry the download later
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2008-10-31 21:34:45,798 ERROR IOError in cache.commit(): 'Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-defaults/python_2.5.2-1ubuntu1_all.deb Unable to connect to gb.archive.ubuntu.com http:
2008-10-31 21:44:49,935 ERROR IOError in cache.commit(): 'Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer/xorg-driver-fglrx_8.543-0ubuntu4_i386.deb Unable to connect to gb.archive.ubuntu.com http:

2. An error with ubuntustudio-menu. This is a known bug referred as bug 276503 . Feel free to add you comments on the other report.
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2008-11-01 01:36:11,472 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/cache/apt/archives/ubuntustudio-menu_0.11_all.deb': 'there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
2008-11-01 01:36:11,752 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/cache/apt/archives/ubuntustudio-menu_0.11_all.deb': 'there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
2008-11-01 02:30:46,407 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'ubuntustudio-menu': 'package ubuntustudio-menu is already installed and configured
2008-11-01 02:30:46,454 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'ubuntustudio-menu': 'package ubuntustudio-menu is already installed and configured
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3. An error with landscape-common
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2008-11-01 02:21:40,148 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'landscape-common': 'subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
2008-11-01 02:21:40,220 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'landscape-common': 'subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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This is also a known issue as bug 238755 . Feel free to add you comment on the other report.

I'm marking this report as duplicate of the first bug in ubuntustudio-menu. Please subscribe to the landscape-common report is you want to be informed about the evolution of this particular bug.

Thanks for your help to make Ubuntu better.