[Bug 618775] Re: package openssh-server (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script killed by signal (Aborted)

[Clint Byrum]

Hi Randall, thank you for reporting this bug and working with us to make
Ubuntu better!

I notice these lines in the Dmesg.txt:

[    1.890131] EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem.
[    1.890137] EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery.
[    3.777970] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[    3.777997] EXT3-fs: sda5: orphan cleanup on readonly fs
[    3.778009] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 431687
[    3.787929] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 782324
[    3.787953] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 782320
[    3.792731] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 782315
[    3.792747] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 782311
[    3.792762] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 782307
[    3.792776] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 782305
[    3.798283] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 782294
[    3.804154] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 757417
[    3.807915] EXT3-fs: sda5: 9 orphan inodes deleted
[    3.807919] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
[    3.820009] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.

Is it possible that you had a hard system crash that may have corrupted
sda5? According to the attached Df.txt, that is your root drive and has
all of the binaries on the system. Given that you had a very abnormal
error from perl, I'd suspect that there may be an issue with your disk
being corrupted.

Make sure you backup your data immediately! And then try

' sudo apt-get -f install' to re-attempt the configuration of the system
that caused the error. If it succeeds, then this may be a false alarm,
though I would still be suspicious of system integrity. If you see the
error again, then I would recommend reinstalling the system without
deleting or formatting the filesystems (after backing everything up!).

Marking Incomplete pending information from Randall. Marking High as
this would be a very serious problem if it turns out to be an issue with
perl.

** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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package openssh-server (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script killed by signal (Aborted)
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