dpkg fails with `libgnomecanvas2-0': Input/output error on ARM

[sboyce]

aptitude safe-upgrade gives the following error.
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
  bash-completion xserver-xorg-input-wacom
111 packages upgraded, 25 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 955 kB/160 MB of archives. After unpacking 21.1 MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
Get:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ natty/main indicator-application armel 0.2.94-0ubuntu2 [23.4 kB]
Get:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ natty/main yelp armel 2.91.90-0ubuntu1 [556 kB]
Get:3 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ natty/main python-aptdaemon all 0.41+bzr586-0ubuntu2 [70.2 kB]
Get:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ natty/main aptdaemon all 0.41+bzr586-0ubuntu2 [31.4 kB]
Get:5 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ natty/main gnome-settings-daemon armel 2.32.1-0ubuntu7 [274 kB]
Fetched 955 kB in 0s (1,295 kB/s)
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 70%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 failed to read on buffer copy for files list for package `libgnomecanvas2-0': Input/output error
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

root@g3vbv:~# dpkg -S /usr/bin/dpkg
dpkg-query: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 failed to read on buffer copy for files list for package `libgnomecanvas2-0': Input/output error
root@g3vbv:~#

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
can you please run
sudo apt-get clean
update-manager -d
Thanks
Fabio

[sboyce (sboyce)]

On 26/02/11 13:02, Fabio Marconi wrote:
> Hello
> can you please run
> sudo apt-get clean
> update-manager -d
> Thanks
> Fabio
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

Unfortunately update-manager is not installed and cannot be because of
the same error.
Regards
Sid.
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[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
look in your /etc/apt/sources.list with sudo gedit and substitute every meverick word with natty, save, then
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

If you can't use gedit, then switch to a tty and run sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

[sboyce (sboyce)]

On 26/02/11 19:51, Fabio Marconi wrote:
> Hello
> look in your /etc/apt/sources.list with sudo gedit and substitute every meverick word with natty, save, then
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
root@g3vbv:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports natty main universe multiverse
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports natty-updates main universe
multiverse

I started with Natty.
Well experienced in Sun Unix on SPARC, UTS on Amdahl mainframes, Linux
on SPARC, AMD/Intel and mainframes, so no problem with editing tools.
Regards
Sid.
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Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support
Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach
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[sboyce (sboyce)]

Still no further with this bug. As it's dpkg that's broken may be
discrete replacements either for libgnomecanvas2 or dpkg are needed.
Regards
Sid.

On 26/02/11 21:03, sboyce wrote:
> On 26/02/11 19:51, Fabio Marconi wrote:
>> Hello
>> look in your /etc/apt/sources.list with sudo gedit and substitute every meverick word with natty, save, then
>> sudo apt-get update
>> sudo apt-get upgrade
>>
> root@g3vbv:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports natty main universe multiverse
> deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports natty-updates main universe
> multiverse
>
> I started with Natty.
> Well experienced in Sun Unix on SPARC, UTS on Amdahl mainframes, Linux
> on SPARC, AMD/Intel and mainframes, so no problem with editing tools.
> Regards
> Sid.

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Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot
Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support
Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach
Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks