package update-manager 1:0.87.24 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Ingo Haupt]

Binary package hint: update-manager

upgrade from edubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 with update-manager failed

 lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04

 apt-cache policy update-manager
update-manager:
  Installiert:1:0.87.24
  Mögliche Pakete:1:0.87.24
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 1:0.87.24 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 30 17:53:47 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.87.24
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.87.24 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic i686

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

Please attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade to this bugreport.
 Thanks Michael

[Ingo Haupt (ingo-haupt)]

Hi Michael,

please find attached the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade.

Since the system was broken after the failed upgrade I had installed hardy (with formatting the / partition, keeping the /home partition).
To get the files I went back to gusty (new installation with formatting / and keeping the /home partition). I made again the dist-upgrade and got the same errors.

Thanks Ingo

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

The cause of the failure is:
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Richte moodle ein (1.8.2-1ubuntu4) ...

Creating config file /etc/moodle/config.php with new version

 * Reloading web server config apache2

apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 172.20.30.3 for ServerName

   ...done.

grep: /etc/postgresql///pg_hba.conf: No such file or directory

Your settings in /etc/postgresql///pg_hba.conf do not allow me to continue.

psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory

 Is the server running locally and accepting

 connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?

uid=1000(ich) gid=1000(ich) Gruppen=1000(ich),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),104(scanner),108(lpadmin),110(admin),114(netdev),117(powerdev)

psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory

 Is the server running locally and accepting

 connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?

dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von moodle (--configure):

 Unterprozess post-installation script gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück

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affecting to moodle
This has already been reported in bug 225662

don't hesitate to submit any new bug.