I am trying to update my system via Update Manager. Fails every time and this is the error message:
Package operation failed
The installation or removal of a software package failed.
installArchives() failed: (Reading database ...
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(Reading database ... 65%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
failed to read on buffer copy for files list for package `gvfs-bin': Input/output error
Same happens when I do an update via Terminal. I cannot open gvfs-bin, it's corrupted. I cannot reinstall it, as I get the same error message for anything I try to install. When I try to reinstall it via the synaptic package manager the spm freezes and then closes itself.
Not sure if this is going to be of any help, but I ran this diagnostic https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure :
judith@judith-laptop:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"
judith@judith-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux judith-laptop 2.6.35-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 21 17:40:48 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
judith@judith-laptop:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
judith@judith-laptop:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/statuscp: reading `/var/lib/dpkg/info/gvfs-bin.list': Input/output error
judith@judith-laptop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
judith@judith-laptop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
judith@judith-laptop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
judith@judith-laptop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
judith@judith-laptop:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
judith@judith-laptop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
judith@judith-laptop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
judith@judith-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
judith@judith-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
judith@judith-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
linux-headers-2.6.35-23* linux-headers-2.6.35-23-generic* python-bugbuddy*
python-evince* python-evolution* python-gnomedesktop* python-gtop*
python-mediaprofiles* python-metacity* python-totem-plparser*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 10 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 91.3MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 65%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
failed to read on buffer copy for files list for package `gvfs-bin': Input/output error
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
judith@judith-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824
Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg [72B]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg [316B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/thp/gpodder/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
Get:4 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release [9762B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release [9756B]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en
Get:8 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [197B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release [39.8kB]
Get:10 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages [700B]
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en
Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources [723B]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release [31.4kB]
Get:13 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [197B]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release [31.4kB]
Get:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main i386 Packages [747B]
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable/main Translation-en
Get:16 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1347B]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources [829kB]
Get:18 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1347B]
Get:19 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1066B]
Get:20 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [737B]
Get:21 http://archive.getdeb.net maverick-getdeb Release.gpg [836B]
Ign http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/ maverick-getdeb/apps Translation-en
Get:22 http://archive.getdeb.net maverick-getdeb Release [7246B]
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted Sources [4370B]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources [4179kB]
Get:25 http://archive.getdeb.net maverick-getdeb/apps i386 Packages [62.3kB]
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources [151kB]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages [1492kB]
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages [5992B]
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages [5791kB]
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages [183kB]
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources [85.5kB]
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted Sources [778B]
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources [31.3kB]
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources [1498B]
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages [234kB]
Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages [1797B]
Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages [98.6kB]
Get:38 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [2834B]
Get:39 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main Sources [27.6kB]
Get:40 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted Sources [14B]
Get:41 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe Sources [11.0kB]
Get:42 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse Sources [643B]
Get:43 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main i386 Packages [93.2kB]
Get:44 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted i386 Packages [14B]
Get:45 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe i386 Packages [49.0kB]
Get:46 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1659B]
Fetched 13.5MB in 21s (614kB/s)
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
judith@judith-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
judith@judith-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
judith@judith-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
judith@judith-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
python-evince linux-headers-2.6.35-23 python-gnomedesktop python-metacity
python-mediaprofiles python-bugbuddy python-totem-plparser python-evolution
linux-headers-2.6.35-23-generic python-gtop
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
judith@judith-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
python-evince linux-headers-2.6.35-23 python-gnomedesktop python-metacity
python-mediaprofiles python-bugbuddy python-totem-plparser python-evolution
linux-headers-2.6.35-23-generic python-gtop
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
judith@judith-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/thp/gpodder/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [197B]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main i386 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [197B]
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted Sources
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1347B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted Sources
Get:4 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1347B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted Sources
Get:5 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1066B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Get:6 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [737B]
Hit http://archive.getdeb.net maverick-getdeb Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/ maverick-getdeb/apps Translation-en
Hit http://archive.getdeb.net maverick-getdeb Release
Hit http://archive.getdeb.net maverick-getdeb/apps i386 Packages
Fetched 4891B in 2s (2076B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
gir1.0-pango-1.0 google-chrome-beta libgssapi-krb5-2 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3
libkrb5support0 libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libssl0.9.8 login openssl
passwd shotwell
13 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 32.9MB of archives.
After this operation, 86.0kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main login i386 1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu3.2 [315kB]
Get:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main google-chrome-beta i386 9.0.597.98-r74359 [26.8MB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libpango1.0-common all 1.28.2-0ubuntu1 [114kB]
Get:4 http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/ maverick-getdeb/apps shotwell i386 0.8.1-1~getdeb1 [2610kB]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libpango1.0-0 i386 1.28.2-0ubuntu1 [293kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libssl0.9.8 i386 0.9.8o-1ubuntu4.4 [866kB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main passwd i386 1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu3.2 [875kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libk5crypto3 i386 1.8.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.4 [96.3kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libgssapi-krb5-2 i386 1.8.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.4 [120kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libkrb5-3 i386 1.8.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.4 [349kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libkrb5support0 i386 1.8.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.4 [42.6kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main gir1.0-pango-1.0 i386 1.28.2-0ubuntu1 [86.2kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openssl i386 0.9.8o-1ubuntu4.4 [400kB]
Fetched 32.9MB in 44s (734kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 65%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
failed to read on buffer copy for files list for package `gvfs-bin': Input/output error
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
I'm new to Linux, so any help will be appreciated. Really don't fancy reinstalling the whole thing. If you need more info, please let me know. But explain everything step-by-step please.
