LeRoy on 20 Mar 2010 09:56:15 -0700 |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 jeff wrote: > Please forgive me... I have committed the sin of trying to update > Ubuntu. It downloads and unpacks, then the errors start. > > Googling seems to point to a possible read-only issue, which might also > explain why Firefox won't let me dl anything (saves to /tmp) and my > external usb drive won't mount. > > `mount' indicates [rw, errors: read only] for the system partition. > when I reboot, it comes up with errors, which I fsck and reboot. No > complaints til I'm already in the system. > > Suggestions? > Thanks. > > > > [output of system update] > E: > /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic_2.6.31-20.58_amd64.deb: > failed to delete > '//lib/modules/2.6.31-20-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.ko.dpkg-tmp' > E: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-2.6.31-20_2.6.31-20.58_all.deb: > error ensuring `/var/lib/dpkg/reassemble.deb' doesn't exist > E: > /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-2.6.31-20-generic_2.6.31-20.58_amd64.deb: > error ensuring `/var/lib/dpkg/reassemble.deb' doesn't exist > E: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-libc-dev_2.6.31-20.58_amd64.deb: error > ensuring `/var/lib/dpkg/reassemble.deb' doesn't exist > > en `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for writing status information: Read-only file > system > touch: cannot touch `/var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp': Read-only > file system > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) > A package failed to install. Trying to recover: > dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area: Read-only file system > > > E: Failed to write commit log > > > Is /usr mounted as ro? What does cat /etc/fstab give you? If /boot and /usr are mounted ro then you need to remount them with: mount -o remount,rw /usr mount -o remount,rw /boot - -- Rev. LeRoy D. Cressy mailto:leroy@lrcressy.com /\_/\ http://lrcressy.com ( o.o ) Phone: 215-535-4037 > ^ < Cell: 267-307-3527 gpg fingerprint: 62DE 6CAB CEE1 B1B3 359A 81D8 3FEF E6DA 8501 AFEA For info on enigmail: http://lrcressy.com/linux/mozilla.pdf For info on gpg: http://www.gnupg.org/ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLpP4fAAoJEKuxGqN1iGbbNyIH/0eLKRBRlx7C+hTnhjeTm1nO vlu4wsMeh6MYLdoQ/eWeWDq27BmdzWnuIrwzjFbvUJFCybfY7RRdJ2R+UtqPfZ1g PhcmemeOH+TY5E02h6RD8jkWaAKgQDvmSA2oFLD4u3mnFs+gBu5Q8vPG62Op/Hnp AMMCpEu6X8+xB1utaqsOfHmH5cw+OP0rcI3TQ53hJCmSMfcWMwxQgsIvg4vnBPxl f8cB5VTWGZySPOsXWjElx4kB4nLGv+cxeGIR3E+b0ZmyNMcDAnRR7KC7mkPIDS8t 7xBNl1U8Ul43n+pM6ypKtJRr4RM5PaK5TsJ1VDFS6cxYYKjX3xmV0rnSAb5HRvM= =EGTN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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