apt-get dist-upgrade fails from Dapper to Edgy (different from #57121)

[Andrea Grandi]

Hi,

yes I did read the #57121 bug, but my output is different and involves different packages. Running: apt-get dist-upgrade
from a dapper machine, upgrading to edgy, I get these errors:

root@blackbull:/home/andy80# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Calculating upgrade...Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  hpijs libggi2 mplayer python-adns python-clientcookie python-crypto python-gadfly python-htmlgen python-htmltmpl python-imaging python-imaging-sane
  python-jabber python-kjbuckets python-ldap python-mysqldb python-pam python-pexpect python-pgsql python-pylibacl python-pyopenssl python-pyxattr
  python-reportlab python-simpletal python-soappy python-sqlite python-syck python-xmpp xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-elographics
  xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 33 not upgraded.
12 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up xkb-data (0.8-7ubuntu2) ...
dpkg: error processing xkb-data (--configure):
 failed in buffer_read(fd): md5hash: Input/output error
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of console-setup:
 console-setup depends on xkb-data (>= 0.8-7ubuntu2); however:
  Package xkb-data is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing console-setup (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-minimal:
 ubuntu-minimal depends on console-setup; however:
  Package console-setup is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-minimal (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xkeyboard-config:
 xkeyboard-config depends on xkb-data (>= 0.8-7ubuntu2); however:
  Package xkb-data is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xkeyboard-config (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxklavier11:
 libxklavier11 depends on xkeyboard-config; however:
  Package xkeyboard-config is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxklavier11 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-control-center:
 gnome-control-center depends on libxklavier11; however:
  Package libxklavier11 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-control-center (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-panel:
 gnome-panel depends on gnome-control-center (>= 1:2.8.2-3); however:
  Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-panel (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-applets:
 gnome-applets depends on libxklavier11; however:
  Package libxklavier11 is not configured yet.
 gnome-applets depends on gnome-panel (>= 2.12.1-1); however:
  Package gnome-panel is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-applets (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-session:
 gnome-session depends on gnome-control-center (>= 2.6); however:
  Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-session (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-terminal:
 gnome-terminal depends on gnome-control-center (>= 1:2.8.0); however:
  Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-terminal (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus:
 nautilus depends on gnome-control-center (>= 2.6); however:
  Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nautilus (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus-cd-burner:
 nautilus-cd-burner depends on nautilus; however:
  Package nautilus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nautilus-cd-burner (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xkb-data
 console-setup
 ubuntu-minimal
 xkeyboard-config
 libxklavier11
 gnome-control-center
 gnome-panel
 gnome-applets
 gnome-session
 gnome-terminal
 nautilus
 nautilus-cd-burner
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Thank you for reporting this bug. Can you please run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" and please let us know if anything gets configured or if the same errors return. Can you also attach all files in /var/dist-upgrade.

[Andrea Grandi (andreagrandi)]

This is the required output:
p.s: I cannot find any "/var/dist-upgrade"

root@blackbull:/home/andy80# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up xkb-data (0.8-7ubuntu2) ...
dpkg: error processing xkb-data (--configure):
 failed in buffer_read(fd): md5hash: Input/output error
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xkeyboard-config:
 xkeyboard-config depends on xkb-data (>= 0.8-7ubuntu2); however:
  Package xkb-data is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xkeyboard-config (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of console-setup:
 console-setup depends on xkb-data (>= 0.8-7ubuntu2); however:
  Package xkb-data is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing console-setup (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxklavier11:
 libxklavier11 depends on xkeyboard-config; however:
  Package xkeyboard-config is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxklavier11 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-minimal:
 ubuntu-minimal depends on console-setup; however:
  Package console-setup is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-minimal (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-control-center:
 gnome-control-center depends on libxklavier11; however:
  Package libxklavier11 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-control-center (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-session:
 gnome-session depends on gnome-control-center (>= 2.6); however:
  Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-session (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus:
 nautilus depends on gnome-control-center (>= 2.6); however:
  Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nautilus (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-applets:
 gnome-applets depends on libxklavier11; however:
  Package libxklavier11 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-applets (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-terminal:
 gnome-terminal depends on gnome-control-center (>= 1:2.8.0); however:
  Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-terminal (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus-cd-burner:
 nautilus-cd-burner depends on nautilus; however:
  Package nautilus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nautilus-cd-burner (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-panel:
 gnome-panel depends on gnome-control-center (>= 1:2.8.2-3); however:
  Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-panel (...

[Andrea Grandi (andreagrandi)]

"apt-get remove xkb-data" fix, for the moment the problem. If you try to install it again. You get the same error. So I think the bug is in xkb-data

[Andrea Grandi (andreagrandi)]

Edgy is out and the bug is still there. So I still cannot upgrade my system and the old PC is now UNUSABLE!

I'm not going to upgrade do Edgy on my laptop offcourse, since I use it to work.

Are you planning to fix this? Has this bug been assigned to someone?

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Can you still reproduce this? Please install clean edgy instalal packages that failed to upgrade than try dist-upgrade or use update-manager to upgrade(this is preferred way for upgrading release to release)

After doing that please attach all file in /var/log/dist-upgrade so we can see what the issue is.