Failed to parse '/usr/share/mime/packages/audacity.xml'

[Derek White]

Binary package hint: audacity

Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/usr/share/mime/packages/audacity.xml"
Failed to parse '/usr/share/mime/packages/audacity.xml'

Happens every time I install a package that processes triggers for shared-mime-info.

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

Will it help if you reinstall the package audacity-data? (You can do that from Synaptic, just rightclick the audacity-data package and select "mark for reinstallation")

If doing that leads to errors, please post them here.

[Derek White (d-man97)]

I did think of doing a re-install and performed it, but have not had a
chance to test whether or not that fixed it. I have no major program
updates to do and I am on a metered Internet plan, so no nilly-willy
installing for me! I will post back if I notice it anymore.

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

Okay. Can you paste the result of this terminal command?

cat /usr/share/mime/packages/audacity.xml

[Derek White (d-man97)]

This is after a re-install of audacity...you're not going to like it...
$ cat /usr/share/mime/packages/audacity.xml
cat: /usr/share/mime/packages/audacity.xml: Input/output error

$ gedit /usr/share/mime/packages/audacity.xml
** (gedit:29153): WARNING **: Hit unhandled case 0 (Input/output error)
in parse_error.

And vim thought it was a new file...

So, I assume the error will still be there when I do have an update to
perform...
Not sure what else I can do to help you. It may be a hdd problem. I will
do some disk maintenance over-night and try it again in the morning.
Will post back.

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

So the problem is not related to audacity, rather to the file system or your physical storage medium. I'm closing it as invalid for now. If you believe that the problem is not your hardware but a bug in Ubuntu, please open a new bug against the "linux" package (or change package & status for this bug). Thank you!

[Derek White (d-man97)]

Yup, was a HDD corruption problem. SpinRite fixed it right up, but I did a re-install of the OS anyways, as quite a few critical files were also mangled causing problems with just about everything. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.