package memtest86+ 2.11-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor

[Havard Skinnemoen]

Binary package hint: memtest86+

A distribution update from Jaunty to Karmic ended with the following message:

Errors were encountered while processing:
 memtest86+
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/__init__.py", line 774, in emit
    if (isinstance(msg, unicode) and
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/__init__.py", line 746, in flush
    self.stream = strm
IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Aug 2 17:06:35 2009
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: package memtest86+ is already installed and configured
Package: memtest86+ 2.11-3ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-13.45-generic
SourcePackage: memtest86+
Title: package memtest86+ 2.11-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic x86_64

[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

I wonder if this is related to #408051 which is also moaning about a bad file descriptor - the backtrace
looks similar; although with a different root cause (in your case memtest86+ already installed).

Dave