dpkg crashes GNOME on UbuntuStudio 9.04

[Simon L]

I have more information why it crashed (though not a lot).

I tried the command once more, and it crashed with a message:

[    2.665021] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[    2.665025] WARNING: at
/build/buildd/linux-rt-2.6.28/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c:608
do_signal+0x171/0x180()
[    2.665027] Modules linked in: fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor
[    2.665035] Pid: 182, comm: udevd Not tainted 2.6.28-3-rt #12-Ubuntu
[    2.665037] Call Trace:
[    2.665044]  [<c050f991>] ? printk+0x18/0x1f
[    2.665049]  [<c013be54>] warn_on_slowpath+0x54/0x80
[    2.665054]  [<c02d25a3>] ? __rb_erase_color+0xc3/0x170
[    2.665056]  [<c02d271d>] ? rb_erase+0xcd/0x150
[    2.665059]  [<c0102da7>] ? __switch_to+0xb7/0x1a0
[    2.665063]  [<c0511ed8>] ? _spin_unlock_irq+0x8/0x40
[    2.665067]  [<c0130850>] ? finish_task_switch+0x50/0x120
[    2.665070]  [<c0510117>] ? schedule+0x457/0x760
[    2.665073]  [<c0103eb1>] do_signal+0x171/0x180
[    2.665075]  [<c0510694>] ? preempt_schedule+0x74/0x80
[    2.665078]  [<c0511f5a>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x4a/0x50
[    2.665081]  [<c0135e94>] ? wake_up_new_task+0xf4/0x140
[    2.665084]  [<c013b5a0>] ? do_fork+0x130/0x320
[    2.665087]  [<c01c41ef>] ? fput+0x1f/0x30
[    2.665091]  [<c01c0b29>] ? filp_close+0x49/0x70
[    2.665094]  [<c0103efd>] do_notify_resume+0x3d/0x40
[    2.665096]  [<c0104200>] work_notifysig+0x13/0x23
[    2.665099] ---[ end trace 937e23b7769fc786 ]---


Prior to this O/S I have run Ubuntu 8.04, OpenBSD 4.5, WinXP SP3, and
Solaris 10 on the same hardware without any problems.

Regards, s.

<quote who="Simon L">
> Noticed an extra error from the Synaptic GUI:
> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a'
> to correct the problem.
> E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
>
>
> <quote who="Simon L">
>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>>   I just installed UStudio 9.04.  Looks great. However, GNOME crashed at
>> somepoint while I had run a 'apt-get install openoffice.org'.  A power
>> cycle was required.
>>
>> When I rebooted and ran the apt-get again I was informed of this:
>>
>> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure
>> -a'
>> to correct the problem.
>>
>> I ran this, but each I do GNOME hangs - I cannot even use Ctr-Alt-1 to
>> get
>> to a console.  The only option is a hard reboot.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> S.
>>
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