Public bug reported: When trying install dvb-utils in Ubuntu 8.10, it failed with error message:
$ sudo apt-get install dvb-utils Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: dvb-utils 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/139kB of archives. After this operation, 2916kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously deselected package dvb-utils. (Reading database ... 105536 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking dvb-utils (from .../dvb-utils_1.1.1-3_i386.deb) ... Setting up dvb-utils (1.1.1-3) ... udev active, devices will be created in /dev/.static/dev/ mkdir: cannot create directory `dvb': Read-only file system mkdir: cannot create directory `dvb': Read-only file system mknod: `dvb/adapter0/video0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter0/video0 c 212 0 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter0/audio0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter0/audio0 c 212 1 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter0/frontend0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter0/frontend0 c 212 3 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter0/demux0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter0/demux0 c 212 4 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter0/dvr0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter0/dvr0 c 212 5 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter0/ca0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter0/ca0 c 212 6 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter0/net0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter0/net0 c 212 7 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter0/osd0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter0/osd0 c 212 8 root video 0660: failed mkdir: cannot create directory `dvb': Read-only file system mknod: `dvb/adapter1/video0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter1/video0 c 212 64 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter1/audio0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter1/audio0 c 212 65 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter1/frontend0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter1/frontend0 c 212 67 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter1/demux0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter1/demux0 c 212 68 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter1/dvr0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter1/dvr0 c 212 69 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter1/ca0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter1/ca0 c 212 70 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter1/net0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter1/net0 c 212 71 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter1/osd0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter1/osd0 c 212 72 root video 0660: failed mkdir: cannot create directory `dvb': Read-only file system mknod: `dvb/adapter2/video0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter2/video0 c 212 128 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter2/audio0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter2/audio0 c 212 129 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter2/frontend0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter2/frontend0 c 212 131 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter2/demux0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter2/demux0 c 212 132 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter2/dvr0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter2/dvr0 c 212 133 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter2/ca0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter2/ca0 c 212 134 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter2/net0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter2/net0 c 212 135 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter2/osd0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter2/osd0 c 212 136 root video 0660: failed mkdir: cannot create directory `dvb': Read-only file system mknod: `dvb/adapter3/video0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter3/video0 c 212 192 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter3/audio0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter3/audio0 c 212 193 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter3/frontend0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter3/frontend0 c 212 195 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter3/demux0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter3/demux0 c 212 196 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter3/dvr0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter3/dvr0 c 212 197 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter3/ca0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter3/ca0 c 212 198 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter3/net0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter3/net0 c 212 199 root video 0660: failed mknod: `dvb/adapter3/osd0-': No such file or directory makedev dvb/adapter3/osd0 c 212 200 root video 0660: failed ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: 8.10 intrepid ** Tags added: 8.10 intrepid -- Can't install dvb-utils https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291974 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs