Public bug reported: It logged me out of x and a needed to sign in again. After I logged in it said that the package failed to install but rar files worked perfectly in archive manager.
sudo apt-get install unrar Description: Ubuntu Release: 9.10 unrar: Installed: 1:3.9.3-1 Candidate: 1:3.9.3-1 Version table: *** 1:3.9.3-1 0 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au karmic/multiverse Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 1596.000 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm tpr_shadow bogomips : 4266.49 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 1596.000 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm tpr_shadow bogomips : 4266.96 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: MemTotal: 4058160 kB MemFree: 1616784 kB Buffers: 137844 kB Cached: 1496288 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 1170072 kB Inactive: 984964 kB Active(anon): 557608 kB Inactive(anon): 12 kB Active(file): 612464 kB Inactive(file): 984952 kB Unevictable: 0 kB Mlocked: 0 kB SwapTotal: 6024332 kB SwapFree: 6024332 kB Dirty: 180 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 521048 kB Mapped: 173772 kB Slab: 126620 kB SReclaimable: 108288 kB SUnreclaim: 18332 kB PageTables: 24988 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB WritebackTmp: 0 kB CommitLimit: 8053412 kB Committed_AS: 1439012 kB VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB VmallocUsed: 104924 kB VmallocChunk: 34359621627 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 HugePages_Surp: 0 Hugepagesize: 2048 kB DirectMap4k: 311136 kB DirectMap2M: 3883008 kB 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82975X Memory Controller Hub 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82975X PCI Express Root Port 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH/GHM (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 01) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH/GHM (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA RAID Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44 [Quadro NVS 285] (rev a1) 05:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 3f:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) ProblemType: Package AptOrdering: unrar: Install unrar: Configure Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 26 11:20:08 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ErrorMessage: error writing to '<standard output>': Input/output error InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: unrar 1:3.9.3-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic SourcePackage: unrar-nonfree Title: package unrar 1:3.9.3-1 failed to install/upgrade: error writing to '<standard output>': Input/output error Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64 ** Affects: unrar-nonfree (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package -- package unrar 1:3.9.3-1 failed to install/upgrade: error writing to '<standard output>': Input/output error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585664 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