apt-cdrom crashed with signal 7 in pkgCdrom::Ident()

[PBethe]

Binary package hint: apt

This may not be a problem, but I will submit it just in case. I have just installed Xubuntu 9.04 from the live CD and got several crash reports.

After I clicked on install, the repartitioning seems to have worked, but the boot loader does not. I walked away from the computer for about an hour. When I got back, it was updating packages and got the crash which triggered this bug report. After a few more crashed, I tried to reboot. I had been going for a dual-boot of Windows 98 and Xubuntu, but I do not get the choice of booting into Linux. I just get the standared Windows 98 choices. So far, safe mode is the one that had worked for me. Otherwise, the booting freezes, and I have to reboot.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
 libgcc1 1:4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 gcc-4.3-base 4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 libstdc++6 4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu4
 libc6 2.9-4ubuntu6
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/apt-cdrom
MediaBuild: Xubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" - Release i386 (20090420.1)
Package: apt 0.7.20.2ubuntu6
ProcCmdline: apt-cdrom -d=/cdrom -m ident
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 7
SourcePackage: apt
StacktraceTop:
 pkgCdrom::Ident () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.7
 ?? ()
 CommandLine::DispatchArg ()
 ?? ()
 __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Title: apt-cdrom crashed with signal 7 in pkgCdrom::Ident()
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:pkgCdrom::Ident (this=0xbfecef4b, ident=@0xbfecef40, log=0xbfeceef4)
DoIdent () at apt-cdrom.cc:129
CommandLine::DispatchArg (this=0xbfecf094, Map=0xbfecf084,
main (argc=4, argv=) at apt-cdrom.cc:213

[PBethe (p-bethe)]

This probably is a hardware problem. My old CD drive has failed. I will try replacing it and see how things go.

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

The title was completely correct and much better than yours, and the assignment is for those developers taking care of fixing the bug.

[PBethe (p-bethe)]

If you can shed some light on this, let me know. I replaced the old, dead CD ROM with a new drive, and this new drive died very quickly. It is very frustrating.

[dino99 (9d9)]

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