Re: [gNewSense-users] I think my update manager has crashed - SOS

[andrei raevsky]

Hi,

Well, just when I though all was fixed my system cashed again.  I tried installing a package and here is what I got:
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address@hidden:/home/andrei# apt-get install linux-wlan-ng
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Recommended packages:
  linux-wlan-ng-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-wlan-ng
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/132kB of archives.
After unpacking 610kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package linux-wlan-ng.
(Reading database ... E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg received a segmentation fault.
address@hidden:/home/andrei#
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And again, the update manager cannot install anything, neither can the synaptic front-end.  I tried seeing what tail -f /var/log/syslog would give me when I ran apt-get install in anther terminal but all I got was this:
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address@hidden:~$ tail -f /var/log/syslog
Jul 31 19:02:18 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
Jul 31 19:02:18 localhost dhclient: send_packet: No such device
Jul 31 19:02:26 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
Jul 31 19:02:26 localhost dhclient: send_packet: No such device
Jul 31 19:02:40 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20
Jul 31 19:02:40 localhost dhclient: send_packet: No such device
Jul 31 19:03:00 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
Jul 31 19:03:00 localhost dhclient: send_packet: No such device
Jul 31 19:03:03 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Jul 31 19:03:03 localhost dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000002
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]  printing eip:
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] c0179496
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] *pde = 00000000
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] Oops: 0000 [#9]
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] PREEMPT
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [
17262077.128000] Modules linked in: prism2_usb nls_utf8 nls_cp437 vfat fat sd_mod ipt_limit iptable_mangle ipt_LOG ipt_MASQUERADE ip_nat ipt_TOS ipt_REJECT ip_conntrack_irc ip_conntrack_ftp ipt_state ip_conntrack nfnetlink iptable_filter ip_tables ipv6 rfcomm l2cap ppdev speedstep_lib cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative freq_table tc1100_wmi video acpi_sbs battery i2c_acpi_ec container button pcc_acpi sony_acpi ac dev_acpi hotkey dm_mod md_mod af_packet lp rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core bt878 snd_cmipci bttv gameport snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss 8139too video_buf i2c_algo_bit snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_opl3_lib snd_timer snd_hwdep snd_mpu401_uart hci_usb v4l2_common btcx_risc tsdev tveeprom i2c_core snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device 8139cp bluetooth videodev snd parport_pc parport floppy soundcore mii acx psmouse pcspkr serio_raw ide_floppy rtc intel_agp agpgart shpchp pci_hotplug sg sr_mod evdev usb_storage scsi_mod reiserfs ide_generic uhci
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: hcd usbcore ide_cd cdrom ide_disk piix generic thermal processor fan capability commoncap vga16fb vgastate fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] CPU:    0
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] EIP:    0060:[__d_lookup+118/384]    Not tainted VLI
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] EFLAGS: 00010202   (2.6.15-28-386)
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [
17262077.128000] EIP is at __d_lookup+0x76/0x180
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] eax: c1442d78   ebx: 00000002   ecx: 00000011   edx: c4e6a000
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] esi: c4e6bf48   edi: c4e6be48   ebp: dffb4ea0   esp: c4e6bdb4
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] Process dpkg (pid: 27903, threadinfo=c4e6a000 task=ca941590)
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] Stack: 9219899d c4e6a000 e095f016 d24ad540 00000013 dcd1f013 c4e6be3c c4e6bf48
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]        c4e6be48 dffb4ea0 c016e17c cb907558 c4e6be3c dcd1f026 c4e6be3c 9219899d
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]        d24ad540 c016e9a4 c4e6bf48 c4e6be3c c4e6be48 c4e6a000 c4e6a000 c4e6a000
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] Call Trace:
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]  [pg0+542330902/1069368320] reiserfs_permission+0x16/0x20 [reiserfs]
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]  [do_lookup+28/160] do_lookup+0x1c/0xa0
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]  [__link_path_walk+1956/4064] __link_path_walk+0x7a4/0xfe0
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]  [link_path_walk+69/208] link_path_walk+0x45/0xd0
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [
17262077.128000]  [path_lookup+131/352] path_lookup+0x83/0x160
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]  [__path_lookup_intent_open+53/128] __path_lookup_intent_open+0x35/0x80
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]  [path_lookup_open+27/32] path_lookup_open+0x1b/0x20
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]  [open_namei+102/1680] open_namei+0x66/0x690
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]  [do_anonymous_page+364/400] do_anonymous_page+0x16c/0x190
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [
17262077.128000]  [filp_open+37/80] filp_open+0x25/0x50
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]  [do_sys_open+57/208] do_sys_open+0x39/0xd0
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]  [syscall_call+7/11] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000] Code: c0 8b 15 30 ba 40 c0 8d 04 82 ba 00 e0 ff ff 21 e2 ff 42 14 8b 18 85 db 74 5b 89 54 24 04 eb 0b 90 8d 74 26 00 89 c3 85 c0 74 4a <8b> 03 0f 18 00 90 8d 6b f4 8b 34 24 3b 75 18 75 e9 8b 74 24 2c
Jul 31 19:04:31 localhost kernel: [17262077.128000]  <6>note: dpkg[27903] exited with preempt_count 1
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Any idea as to how I can finally fix my system?!

Many thanks in advance,

Andrei

On 7/26/07, Kevin Dean < address@hidden> wrote:

Andrei messaged me off-list to try and resolve this but i just wanted
to add that I don't think this is a gNewSense issue - I pulled the
sources and examined the package and there are no illegal characters.

I then rebuilt it on gNewSense AND Debian Lenny then removed (but not
purged) it like he had and it was not repeatable.

-Kevin

On 7/25/07, Kevin Dean <address@hidden> wrote:
> It appears that you've got a package installed that has an illegal
> character in it's name. If this is pure gNewSense system, then you've
> discovered a bug in one of our packages.
>
> If this is NOT a pure gNewSense system, you've discovered a bug in
> someone ELSES package.
>
> Using gedit or your text editor of choice, open the file
> "/var/lib/dpkg/status" and go to line 24129. This line is in a chunk
> of text that corresponds to a package, please post that chunk (but NOT
> THE WHOLE FILE) back to this mailing list so we can see exactly why
> package has the error in it.
>
> -Kevin Dean
>
> On 7/25/07, andrei raevsky < address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > For a while already the update manager's icon, when pressed, used to load
> > synaptic rather than the update manager.  I then manually closed synaptic
> > and launched the update manager and the system was updated.  Now this
> > morning when I got the "updates available icon" I clicked on it, synaptic
> > was lauched, I closed it, then I manually lauched the update manager and I
> > clicked 'install updates'.  It downladed them, installed them, and announced
> > that the very same 8 packages were still updatable.  I repeated the
> > operation 2 more times.  Then I tried this:
> >
> > address@hidden:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> >  Password:
> > Get:1 http://us.archive.gnewsense.org deltad Release.gpg [191B]
> > Hit http://us.archive.gnewsense.org deltad Release
> >  Get:2 http://us.security.gnewsense.org deltad-security
> > Release.gpg [191B]
> >  Ign http://us.archive.gnewsense.org deltad/main Packages
> >  Hit http://us.security.gnewsense.org deltad-security
> > Release
> > Ign http://us.archive.gnewsense.org deltad/universe Packages
> > Ign http://us.archive.gnewsense.org deltad/main Sources
> > Ign http://us.archive.gnewsense.org deltad/universe Sources
> > Hit http://us.archive.gnewsense.org deltad/main Packages
> >  Ign http://us.security.gnewsense.org deltad-security/main
> > Packages
> >  Hit http://us.archive.gnewsense.org deltad/universe Packages
> > Hit http://us.archive.gnewsense.org deltad/main Sources
> > Ign http://us.security.gnewsense.org
> > deltad-security/universe Packages
> > Ign http://us.security.gnewsense.org deltad-security/main
> > Sources
> > Hit http://us.archive.gnewsense.org deltad/universe Sources
> > Ign http://us.security.gnewsense.org
> > deltad-security/universe Sources
> > Hit http://us.security.gnewsense.org deltad-security/main
> > Packages
> > Hit http://us.security.gnewsense.org
> > deltad-security/universe Packages
> > Hit http://us.security.gnewsense.org deltad-security/main
> > Sources
> >  Hit http://us.security.gnewsense.org
> > deltad-security/universe Sources
> >  Fetched 2B in 1s (2B/s)
> > Reading package lists... Done
> >  Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree... Done
> > Calculating upgrade... Done
> >  The following packages will be upgraded:
> >   bind9-host dnsutils libbind9-0 libdns21 libisc11 libisccc0 libisccfg1
> >   liblwres9
> > 8 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > Need to get 0B/1329kB of archives.
> >  After unpacking 4096B of additional disk space will be used.
> > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> >  dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 24129:
> >   invalid package name (character ` ' not allowed - only letters, digits and
> > -+._ allowed)
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
> > address@hidden :~$
> >
> > Any ideas as to what is going on here?  WTF is this weird dpkg parse error?!
> >
> > How do I fix my computer to get the updates and synaptic/update manager
> > running again?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Andrei
> >
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> >
> >
>


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