update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseError in buildIndex(): Modifications failed (DatabaseOpeningError: Couldn't open base /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.3/postlist.tmp to write: No such file or directory), and cannot set consistent table revision numbers: Couldn't reread base A

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Got this problem in a newly installed system. The only difference is that fglrx is marked as installed by synaptic, but not working.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: apt-xapian-index 0.43ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-3.4-generic 3.0.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jul 8 06:17:18 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110705.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --update -q
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '--update', '-q']
SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseError in buildIndex(): Modifications failed (DatabaseOpeningError: Couldn't open base /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.3/postlist.tmp to write: No such file or directory), and cannot set consistent table revision numbers: Couldn't reread base A
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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