And then this happened today... apb@orange:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade [sudo] password for apb: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: adobe-flash-properties-gtk adobe-flashplugin gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 google-chrome-stable libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common 7 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 57.5 MB of archives. After this operation, 2,476 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main google-chrome-stable amd64 46.0.2490.71-1 [47.0 MB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 amd64 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2 [160 kB] Get:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ trusty/partner adobe-flash-properties-gtk amd64 1:20151013.1-0trusty1 [113 kB] Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 i386 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2 [156 kB] Get:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ trusty/partner adobe-flashplugin amd64 1:20151013.1-0trusty1 [10.1 MB] Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common all 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2 [8,826 B] Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 amd64 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2 [7,964 B] Fetched 57.5 MB in 33s (1,715 kB/s) (Reading database ... 170352 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0_2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2_i386.deb ... De-configuring libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64 (2.30.7-0ubuntu1.1) ... Unpacking libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 (2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2) over (2.30.7-0ubuntu1.1) ... Preparing to unpack .../libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0_2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64 (2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2) over (2.30.7-0ubuntu1.1) ... Preparing to unpack .../libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common_2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2_all.deb ... Unpacking libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common (2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2) over (2.30.7-0ubuntu1.1) ... Preparing to unpack .../google-chrome-stable_46.0.2490.71-1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking google-chrome-stable (46.0.2490.71-1) over (45.0.2454.101-1) ... Preparing to unpack .../adobe-flash-properties-gtk_1%3a20151013.1-0trusty1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking adobe-flash-properties-gtk (1:20151013.1-0trusty1) over (1:20150921.1-0trusty1) ... Preparing to unpack .../adobe-flashplugin_1%3a20151013.1-0trusty1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking adobe-flashplugin (1:20151013.1-0trusty1) over (1:20150921.1-0trusty1) ... Preparing to unpack .../gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0_2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 (2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2) over (2.30.7-0ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ... (gtk-update-icon-cache-3.0:14008): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Cannot open pixbuf loader module file '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache': No such file or directory This likely means that your installation is broken. Try running the command gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache to make things work again for the time being. Setting up libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common (2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2) ... Setting up libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64 (2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2) ... Setting up libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 (2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2) ... Setting up google-chrome-stable (46.0.2490.71-1) ... Setting up adobe-flashplugin (1:20151013.1-0trusty1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so to provide /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so (mozilla-flashplugin) in auto mode Setting up adobe-flash-properties-gtk (1:20151013.1-0trusty1) ... Setting up gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 (2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ... apb@orange:~$ gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache bash: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache: Permission denied apb@orange:~$ sudo !! sudo gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache bash: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache: Permission denied apb@orange:~$ ll /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4317 Oct 14 07:08 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache apb@orange:~$ date Wed Oct 14 07:09:38 PDT 2015 apb@orange:~$ sudo gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders sudo: gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders: command not found apb@orange:~$ apb@orange:~$ lsb_release LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:cxx-3.0-amd64:cxx-3.0-noarch:cxx-3.1-amd64:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-amd64:cxx-3.2-noarch:cxx-4.0-amd64:cxx-4.0-noarch:cxx-4.1-amd64:cxx-4.1-noarch:desktop-3.1-amd64:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-amd64:desktop-3.2-noarch:desktop-4.0-amd64:desktop-4.0-noarch:desktop-4.1-amd64:desktop-4.1-noarch:graphics-2.0-amd64:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-amd64:graphics-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-amd64:graphics-3.2-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.1-amd64:graphics-4.1-noarch:languages-3.2-amd64:languages-3.2-noarch:languages-4.0-amd64:languages-4.0-noarch:languages-4.1-amd64:languages-4.1-noarch:multimedia-3.2-amd64:multimedia-3.2-noarch:multimedia-4.0-amd64:multimedia-4.0-noarch:multimedia-4.1-amd64:multimedia-4.1-noarch:printing-3.2-amd64:printing-3.2-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch:printing-4.1-amd64:printing-4.1-noarch:qt4-3.1-amd64:qt4-3.1-noarch:security-4.0-amd64:security-4.0-noarch:security-4.1-amd64:security-4.1-noarch apb@orange:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Release: 14.04