package update-manager 1:0.93.34 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly

[John Hyslop]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Upgrade complete

The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade
process.

Could not install the upgrades

The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).

/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/__init__.py:18: FutureWarning: apt API not stable yet
  warnings.warn("apt API not stable yet", FutureWarning)

Upgrade complete

The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade
process.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.93.34
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.34 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic i686

[[e-mail] (j.scott.gwin)]

Thanks for reporting this issue, it helps make Ubuntu better. Confirmed.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Here is the error:

2009-04-04 11:12:09,512 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly

So it looks like somehow dpkg died after displaying the diff. Did anything unusal happen (e.g. diff was forced exited)?

[John Hyslop (hyslop-john)]

I had a couple of prompts saying not to upgrade but i ignored.
8.10 did install but the graphics is a bit dodgie..
I have NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Everything seems ok apart from the edges of open windows they have a shadow
it does go away after stretching the window? apart from that all seems good
no doubt something will turn up later and not work lol

Thanks for the quick response
John

> Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 07:44:43 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 354868] Re: package update-manager 1:0.93.34 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
>
> Here is the error:
>
> 2009-04-04 11:12:09,512 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit(): E:Sub-
> process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
>
> So it looks like somehow dpkg died after displaying the diff. Did
> anything unusal happen (e.g. diff was forced exited)?
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Vogt (mvo)
>
> --
> package update-manager 1:0.93.34 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/354868
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[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

 We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!