package update-manager 1:0.93.19 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Willem Ligtenberg]

Binary package hint: update-manager

I tried to upgrade from ubuntu hardy 64 to intrepid.
And it reports a problem:
linux-image-2.6.27-4-generic failed to install or upgrade.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.93.19
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.19 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic x86_64

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

From one of the log files:

Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.27-4-generic.
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.27-4-generic (from .../linux-image-2.6.27-4-generic_2.6.27-4.6_amd64.deb) ...
Done.
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.27-4-generic_2.6.27-4.6_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2

[Willem Ligtenberg (wligtenberg)]

After removing the linux-image-generic
I did a sudo apt-get clean
And reinstalled using sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic
And it installed correctly.
Am going to reboot shortly.

[Willem Ligtenberg (wligtenberg)]

And everything works fine now.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

thanks for your time. I'm closing this report regarding you've solved it and this is not an issue anymore.

don't hesitate to submit any new bug.