mista@3bootmini:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
[sudo] password for mista:
mista@3bootmini:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)"
mista@3bootmini:~$ uname -a
Linux 3bootmini 3.0.0-10-generic #16-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 2 18:38:35 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
mista@3bootmini:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
mista@3bootmini:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
^Cmista@3bootmini:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
mista@3bootmini:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
mista@3bootmini:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
mista@3bootmini:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
mista@3bootmini:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
mista@3bootmini:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
mista@3bootmini:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
mista@3bootmini:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
mista@3bootmini:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
mista@3bootmini:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
mista@3bootmini:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31605 package 'gverse':
error in Version string '.06': version number does not start with digit
Setting up gnome-session (3.1.91-0ubuntu2) ...
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 127
mista@3bootmini:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed InRelease
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:4 http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg [72 B]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release [23.2 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release [5922 B]
Get:7 http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release [9759 B]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release [39.8 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Sources [1346 B]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:14 http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release [23.2 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner i386 Packages [2821 B]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release [23.3 kB]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed Release [23.2 kB]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages [1579 kB]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner TranslationIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe TranslationIndex
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe i386 Packages [6411 kB]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted i386 Packages [9007 B]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse i386 Packages [176 kB]
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/main i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/universe i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/multiverse i386 Packages [14 B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/universe TranslationIndex
Fetched 8329 kB in 27s (304 kB/s)
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 127
Reading package lists... Done
mista@3bootmini:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
mista@3bootmini:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31604 package 'gverse':
error in Version string '.06': version number does not start with digit
mista@3bootmini:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
mista@3bootmini:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
mista@3bootmini:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed InRelease
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/universe TranslationIndex
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 127
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
mista@3bootmini:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-session
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 13.8 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main gnome-session all 3.1.91-0ubuntu2 [13.8 kB]
Fetched 13.8 kB in 0s (19.1 kB/s)
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31604 package 'gverse':
error in Version string '.06': version number does not start with digit
(Reading database ... 276902 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gnome-session 3.1.91-0ubuntu2 (using .../gnome-session_3.1.91-0ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gnome-session ...
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31605 package 'gverse':
error in Version string '.06': version number does not start with digit
Setting up gnome-session (3.1.91-0ubuntu2) ...
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 127
mista@3bootmini:~$
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Why doesn't gnome-session reinstall properly?
