Re: broke package management (warning long)
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Jeffry Smith wrote: > Either get the modules installed or remove the > kernel from /boot ... > update-initramfs doesn't actually care where or how the kernel/modules > were installed. It just iterates over the kernels it finds in /boot > building initramfs's. ... I was thinking one could prolly just rename the kernel image file so that it doesn't match whatever pattern update-initramfs is looking for. So I went looking at the source. It appears what update-initramfs is *actually* doing is iterating over the version numbers from /var/lib/initramfs-tools/* and looking to build an initrd image for each one. According to dpkg on my Debian 5.0 box, no package owns anything under there: blackfire$ dpkg -S /var/lib/initramfs-tools/* dpkg: /var/lib/initramfs-tools/2.6.26-2-686 not found. blackfire$ I guess it's another not-quite-managed-package thing. So... at least look in /var/lib/initramfs-tools/ and see if there's something in there that shouldn't be. If so, move it somewhere else, I guess. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: broke package management (warning long)
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Jeffry Smith writes: >> dpkg is failing because update-initramfs is trying to build >> an initramfs for a kernel that doesn't have modules installed. >> >> You can also run update-initramfs manually (sudo update-initramfs -k >> all), and it should update all kernels you have, although will through >> an error on the 2.6.30.7 one without the modules. If there are still >> problems, run "sudo update-initramfs -k " to >> just update one of the kernels in your boot directory. > > She'll still need to actually get the issue resolved in some way > that allows that stuck postinst script to complete successfully, though. > > One way, which has been suggested, is to go find the missing modules > and install them. > > Alternately, she's sure that she's not actually using that kernel, > maybe she could just *remove it the bad kernel* rather than trying > to make it good? > Yes, that's an option. Either get the modules installed or remove the kernel from /boot (assuming it's not needed for boot, which I assume not, since she's able to get it up to run apt/dpkg). update-initramfs doesn't actually care where or how the kernel/modules were installed. It just iterates over the kernels it finds in /boot building initramfs's. The actual dpkg problem is that the postinst script is not finishing because update-initramfs is failing, not a problem with dpkg. It's working exactly as designed. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: broke package management (warning long)
Jeffry Smith writes: > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Lori Nagel wrote: > > > > > > jastiv@localhost:/var/log$ dpkg -S /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 > > dpkg: /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 not found. > > > > then I tried on a file I know was installed by the package manager. > > > > jastiv@localhost:/var/log$ dpkg -S /usr/share/gnome/help/gnect/it/figures > > gnome-games-data: /usr/share/gnome/help/gnect/it/figures > > jastiv@localhost:/var/log$ > > > > basically the command does not work because the folder is no > > longer there for some reason. > > Run "aptitude search linux-image" to see if you have a package with > linux-image-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 installed. If the kernel was > manually installed and the /lib/modules deleted, you would have this > problem. Or if power was cut abruptly in the middle of an installation/upgrade and the newly-created directory `disappeared' after reboot because it hadn't actually been flushed to disk, maybe? Also: > dpkg is failing because update-initramfs is trying to build > an initramfs for a kernel that doesn't have modules installed. > > You can also run update-initramfs manually (sudo update-initramfs -k > all), and it should update all kernels you have, although will through > an error on the 2.6.30.7 one without the modules. If there are still > problems, run "sudo update-initramfs -k " to > just update one of the kernels in your boot directory. She'll still need to actually get the issue resolved in some way that allows that stuck postinst script to complete successfully, though. One way, which has been suggested, is to go find the missing modules and install them. Alternately, she's sure that she's not actually using that kernel, maybe she could just *remove it the bad kernel* rather than trying to make it good? > Note that dpkg -S goes against the package cache/library, not the > directories. It's most likely failing because this was a manually > installed kernel, not from a package. Actually, that brings to mind another interesting possibility--basically the exact opposite of the scenario I posited above: maybe it *was* a packaged kernel, and it was in the process of being *removed* when the system crashed hard--which might have some bits hanging around because the *unlink* operations didn't get flushed to disk? -- "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr." ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Re: broke package management (warning long)
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Lori Nagel wrote: > > > jastiv@localhost:/var/log$ dpkg -S /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 > dpkg: /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 not found. > > then I tried on a file I know was installed by the package manager. > > jastiv@localhost:/var/log$ dpkg -S /usr/share/gnome/help/gnect/it/figures > gnome-games-data: /usr/share/gnome/help/gnect/it/figures > jastiv@localhost:/var/log$ > > basically the command does not work because the folder is no longer there for > some reason. > > Run "aptitude search linux-image" to see if you have a package with linux-image-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 installed. If the kernel was manually installed and the /lib/modules deleted, you would have this problem. dpkg is failing because update-initramfs is trying to build an initramfs for a kernel that doesn't have modules installed. You can also run update-initramfs manually (sudo update-initramfs -k all), and it should update all kernels you have, although will through an error on the 2.6.30.7 one without the modules. If there are still problems, run "sudo update-initramfs -k " to just update one of the kernels in your boot directory. Note that dpkg -S goes against the package cache/library, not the directories. It's most likely failing because this was a manually installed kernel, not from a package. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Re: broke package management (warning long)
jastiv@localhost:/var/log$ dpkg -S /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 dpkg: /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 not found. then I tried on a file I know was installed by the package manager. jastiv@localhost:/var/log$ dpkg -S /usr/share/gnome/help/gnect/it/figures gnome-games-data: /usr/share/gnome/help/gnect/it/figures jastiv@localhost:/var/log$ basically the command does not work because the folder is no longer there for some reason. From: Chris Linstid To: Lori Nagel Sent: Sun, February 13, 2011 6:28:35 PM Subject: Re: broke package management (warning long) I'm pretty sure that this was broken before you issued your first listed apt-get install command. It looks like you have a kernel package registered as installed, but one of the directories it installed, /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1, is now gone. You should be able to track down the .deb that contained that kernel, reinstall it using "sudo dpkg -i package.deb" to get the directory back. Re-run "dpkg --configure -a" to finish configuring the outstanding packages and then go back to your original apt-get install command. I'm pretty sure you can figure out which package installed that directory by running "dpkg -S /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1". clinstid@obiwan:~$ dpkg -S /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic-pae linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic-pae, linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic-pae: /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic-pae - Chris On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Lori Nagel wrote: For anyone interested in how I broke my package management in gNewSense (a >ubuntu derivative) >read on the terminal commands that I have tried. >I still do not understand what I did that led to it not working anymore. > >jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get install gtk-devel >[sudo] password for jastiv: >E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct >the problem. > >jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ dpkg --configure >dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege >jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo dpkg --configure >dpkg: --configure needs at least one package name argument > >Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; >Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management; >Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; >Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; >Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; >Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*]. > > >jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get install gtk-devel >[sudo] password for jastiv: >E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct >the problem. > >jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ man dh_make >No manual entry for dh_make >jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ man dpkg >jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ dpkg --configure -a >dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege >jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo dpkg --configure -a >[sudo] password for jastiv: >Setting up initramfs-tools (0.85eubuntu36) ... >update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) > >Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... >update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 >Cannot find /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 >update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 >dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 >jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ lspci | grep -i vga >01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 06e4 (rev >a1) >jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo dpkg --configure -a >[sudo] password for jastiv: >Setting up initramfs-tools (0.85eubuntu36) ... >update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) > >Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... >update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 >Cannot find /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 >update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 >dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 >jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get -f install >E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct >the problem. > >jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get -f install >E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct >the problem. > >jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ tail /var/log/dpkg.log >2011-01-26 21:39:56 status triggers-pending initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu36 >2011-01-26 21:39:56 trigproc initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu36 0.85eubuntu36 >2011-01-26 21:39:56 status half-configured initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu36 >2011-01-26 21:56:26 star
Re: [gNewSense-users] broke package management (warning long)
> jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo dpkg --configure -a > [sudo] password for jastiv: > Setting up initramfs-tools (0.85eubuntu36) ... > update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) > > Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 > Cannot find /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 > update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 > dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get -f install > E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to > correct > > the problem. > basically what I did was this: sudo dpkg --configure -a (so I was root) then this when I got this message update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 > dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 I did this sudo apt-get -f install and went back to this E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct > the problem. - Original Message From: Aurelien Desbrieres To: gnewsense-us...@nongnu.org Sent: Sun, February 13, 2011 4:34:12 PM Subject: Re: [gNewSense-users] broke package management (warning long) On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 13:05 -0800, Lori Nagel wrote: > For anyone interested in how I broke my package management in gNewSense (a > ubuntu derivative) > read on the terminal commands that I have tried. > I still do not understand what I did that led to it not working anymore. > > jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get install gtk-devel > [sudo] password for jastiv: > E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to > correct > > the problem. > > jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ dpkg --configure You must execute the command in root # dpkg --configure -a Have fun & Be Free! ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: broke package management (warning long)
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Lori Nagel wrote: > jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo dpkg --configure -a > [sudo] password for jastiv: > Setting up initramfs-tools (0.85eubuntu36) ... > update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) > > Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 > Cannot find /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 > update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 > dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Appears you have a boot image 2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1, but no /lib/modules to match (somehow deleted or never installed). initramfs-tools is attempting to create the initramfs, but can't find the requisite modules. Note that this would affect ANY kernel in boot - whether installed by dpkg/apt or manually. As Chris mentioned, you can use dpkg -S to find out what installed them, if it was from a .deb package. After that you can re-install the kernel via dpkg, or delete the kernel via dpkg (I assume you have another working kernel, since you can boot the system - 2.6.30.7 is an old kernel, so you might want to have a more recent one). Once you have a /lib/modules for all your kernels in /boot, rerun "sudo dpkg --configure -a" and you should have a working system. jeff ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: broke package management (warning long)
I'm pretty sure that this was broken before you issued your first listed apt-get install command. It looks like you have a kernel package registered as installed, but one of the directories it installed, /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1, is now gone. You should be able to track down the package that contained that kernel, reinstall it using "sudo dpkg -i package.deb" to get the directory back. Re-run "dpkg --configure -a" to finish configuring the outstanding packages (you might not need to do that because it may be triggered by the installation of the kernel package) and then go back to your original apt-get install command. I'm pretty sure you can figure out which package installed that directory by running "dpkg -S /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1". clinstid@obiwan:~$ dpkg -S /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic-pae linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic-pae, linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic-pae: /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic-pae - Chris On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Lori Nagel wrote: > For anyone interested in how I broke my package management in gNewSense (a > ubuntu derivative) > read on the terminal commands that I have tried. > I still do not understand what I did that led to it not working anymore. > > jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get install gtk-devel > [sudo] password for jastiv: > E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to > correct > the problem. > > jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ dpkg --configure > dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege > jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo dpkg --configure > dpkg: --configure needs at least one package name argument > > Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; > Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management; > Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; > Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; > Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; > Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) > [*]. > > Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or > `more' ! > jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ dpkg --help > Usage: dpkg [ ...] > > Commands: > -i|--install <.deb file name> ... | -R|--recursive ... > --unpack <.deb file name> ... | -R|--recursive ... > -A|--record-avail <.deb file name> ... | -R|--recursive ... > --configure|--triggers-only ... | -a|--pending > -r|--remove ... | -a|--pending > -P|--purge ... | -a|--pending > --get-selections [ ...] Get list of selections to stdout. > --set-selections Set package selections from stdin. > --clear-selections Deselect every non-essential package. > --update-availReplace available packages info. > --merge-avail Merge with info from file. > --clear-availErase existing available info. > --forget-old-unavail Forget uninstalled unavailable pkgs. > -s|--status ...Display package status details. > -p|--print-avail ... Display available version details. > -L|--listfiles ... List files `owned' by package(s). > -l|--list [ ...]List packages concisely. > -S|--search ...Find package(s) owning file(s). > -C|--audit Check for broken package(s). > --print-architecture Print dpkg architecture. > --compare-versions Compare version numbers - see below. > --force-help Show help on forcing. > -Dh|--debug=help Show help on debugging. > > -h|--helpShow this help message. > --versionShow the version. > --license|--licence Show the copyright licensing terms. > > Use dpkg -b|--build|-c|--contents|-e|--control|-I|--info|-f|--field| > -x|--extract|-X|--vextract|--fsys-tarfile on archives (type dpkg-deb > --help). > > For internal use: dpkg --assert-support-predepends | --predep-package | > --assert-working-epoch | --assert-long-filenames | --assert-multi-conrep. > > Options: > --admindir= Use instead of /var/lib/dpkg. > --root= Install on a different root directory. > --instdir= Change installation dir without changing admin > dir. > -O|--selected-only Skip packages not selected for install/upgrade. > -E|--skip-same-version Skip packages whose same version is installed. > -G|--refuse-downgrade Skip packages with earlier version than > installed. > -B|--auto-deconfigure Install even if it would break some other > package. > [--no-]triggersSkip or force consequential trigger processing. > --no-debsigDo not try to verify package signatures. > --no-act|--dry-run|--simulate > Just say what we would do - don't do it. > -D|--debug= Enable debugging (see -Dhelp or --debug=help). > --status-fd Send status change updates to file desc
broke package management (warning long)
For anyone interested in how I broke my package management in gNewSense (a ubuntu derivative) read on the terminal commands that I have tried. I still do not understand what I did that led to it not working anymore. jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get install gtk-devel [sudo] password for jastiv: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ dpkg --configure dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo dpkg --configure dpkg: --configure needs at least one package name argument Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management; Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*]. Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' ! jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ dpkg --help Usage: dpkg [ ...] Commands: -i|--install <.deb file name> ... | -R|--recursive ... --unpack <.deb file name> ... | -R|--recursive ... -A|--record-avail <.deb file name> ... | -R|--recursive ... --configure|--triggers-only ... | -a|--pending -r|--remove ... | -a|--pending -P|--purge ... | -a|--pending --get-selections [ ...] Get list of selections to stdout. --set-selections Set package selections from stdin. --clear-selections Deselect every non-essential package. --update-availReplace available packages info. --merge-avail Merge with info from file. --clear-availErase existing available info. --forget-old-unavail Forget uninstalled unavailable pkgs. -s|--status ...Display package status details. -p|--print-avail ... Display available version details. -L|--listfiles ... List files `owned' by package(s). -l|--list [ ...]List packages concisely. -S|--search ...Find package(s) owning file(s). -C|--audit Check for broken package(s). --print-architecture Print dpkg architecture. --compare-versions Compare version numbers - see below. --force-help Show help on forcing. -Dh|--debug=help Show help on debugging. -h|--helpShow this help message. --versionShow the version. --license|--licence Show the copyright licensing terms. Use dpkg -b|--build|-c|--contents|-e|--control|-I|--info|-f|--field| -x|--extract|-X|--vextract|--fsys-tarfile on archives (type dpkg-deb --help). For internal use: dpkg --assert-support-predepends | --predep-package | --assert-working-epoch | --assert-long-filenames | --assert-multi-conrep. Options: --admindir= Use instead of /var/lib/dpkg. --root= Install on a different root directory. --instdir= Change installation dir without changing admin dir. -O|--selected-only Skip packages not selected for install/upgrade. -E|--skip-same-version Skip packages whose same version is installed. -G|--refuse-downgrade Skip packages with earlier version than installed. -B|--auto-deconfigure Install even if it would break some other package. [--no-]triggersSkip or force consequential trigger processing. --no-debsigDo not try to verify package signatures. --no-act|--dry-run|--simulate Just say what we would do - don't do it. -D|--debug= Enable debugging (see -Dhelp or --debug=help). --status-fd Send status change updates to file descriptor . --log= Log status changes and actions to . --ignore-depends=,... Ignore dependencies involving . --force-...Override problems (see --force-help). --no-force-...|--refuse-... Stop when problems encountered. --abort-after Abort after encountering errors. Comparison operators for --compare-versions are: lt le eq ne ge gt (treat empty version as earlier than any version); lt-nl le-nl ge-nl gt-nl (treat empty version as later than any version); < << <= = >= >> > (only for compatibility with control file syntax). Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management. jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ apt-get -f install E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get -f install E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. jastiv@localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get install gtk-
