Public bug reported:
After what appeared to be a normal upgrade from Intrepid to Jaunty, I
have a completely non-functioning installation.
I type in name/password combination and load into Gnome normally and see
the new, spiffy Jaunty desktop background. At this point, ANY
application I attempt to launch fails with the error popup:
Could not launch '*****'
Failed to execute child process "#####" (Input/output error)
...where ****=Application name (such as "Calculator") and
####=Executable name (such as "gcalctool").
There are some exceptions to this:
Exception A) I can launch a terminal. About 50% of the time, it opens up a
frozen terminal that I cannot type into. When I do have a functioning
terminal, nothing in the terminal actually works though. I can "cd ~" but
attempting to run an exectuable gives me the same vague "input/output error"
like this:
n...@zeke:~$ /usr/bin/gvim
bash: /usr/bin/gvim: Input/output error
Exception B) Attempting to launch some applications at least flickers
the application for a moment before it either crashes or becomes
invisible. The applications that do this (rather than simply popping up
the "Failed to execute child" message above) are Custom Launcher apps.
I used Compiz,with lots of effects turned on, but no hand-modification-
tweaks. I usually avoid editing config files by hand in general, so
this can be considered a fairly standard installation.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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input/output error - no applications launch after upgrading to Jaunty
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366867
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