system freeze installing libxine1

[Todd Deshane]

On 6/26/05, Todd Slater <dontodd at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 05:36:24PM -0400, Todd Deshane wrote:
> >
> > On 6/26/05, Todd Slater <[1]dontodd at columbus.rr.com<http://columbus.rr.com>> 
> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 01:02:54AM -0400, Todd Deshane wrote:
> > >
> > > On 6/23/05, Todd Slater <[1]dontodd@[2]columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I try to keep my system up to date, but I haven't been able
> > to
> > > install
> > > recent updates because my system freezes when trying to
> > install
> > > libxine1.
> > > When I run the update util (red icon notifying me updates
> > are
> > > available), it says some packages will be held back and that
> > I need
> > > to
> > > run apt-get dist-upgrade or synaptic smart upgrade. Since I
> > > couldn't
> > > find anything like that in synaptic, I ran apt-get.
> > >
> > > The smart upgrade option is in Settings->Preferences->
> > System
> > > Upgrade:
> > > but I don't think that is the problem that you are after.
> > > try this
> > > sudo apt-cache --installed rdepends libxine1
> > > that should tell you which packages (filtering on the
> > > installed ones) that depend on libxine1
> > > for me it is only gxine.
> > > then you can decide if you want to remove that package
> > > and libxine1
> > sudo apt-cache --installed rdepends libxine1 reports that nothing
> > depends on
> > libxine1.
> > So I tried removing it but got a message that the package was badly
> > broken and needed re-installed.
> > sudo apt-get install libxine1 dies on error:
> > Get:1 [3]http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/main libxine1
> > 1.0-1ubuntu3.1 [3750kB]
> > Fetched 3750kB in 13s (281kB/s)
> > Preconfiguring packages ...
> > Selecting previously deselected package libxine1.
> > (Reading database ... 101668 files and directories currently
> > installed.)
> > Preparing to replace libxine1 1.0-1ubuntu3 (using
> > .../libxine1_1.0-1ubuntu3.1_i386.deb) ...
> > Unpacking replacement libxine1 ...
> > dpkg: error processing
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libxine1_1.0-1ubuntu3.1_i386.deb
> > (--unpack):
> > unable to install new version of
> > `./usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.0/post':
> > Input/output error
> > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libxine1_1.0- 1ubuntu3.1_i386.deb
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> > sudo apt-get remove libxine1 reports:
> > Removing libxine1 ...
> > dpkg: error processing libxine1 (--remove):
> > cannot remove `/usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.0/xineplug_decode_nsf.so':
> > Permission denied
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > libxine1
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> > I seem to be running around in circles here; I can't remove it
> > until I
> > fix it, but I can't fix it!
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Todd
> >
> > Sounds like it is in some broken state....
> > did you try: sudo apt-get -f install ?
> > What are the permissions on
> > /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0//xineplug_decode_nsf.so ?
> > try to change the permissions and run the remove
> > again.
> 
> Permissions on /usr/lib/xine and subdirs are drwxr-xr-x (root:root).
> 
> However, I can't "see" anything in /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.0/:
> 
> todd at mercury:~$ ls -l /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.0/ ls:
> /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.0/xineplug_decode_mad.so: Permission denied
> ls: /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.0/xineplug_decode_nsf.so: Permission
> denied
> 
> I tried to reinstall with -f option, but the system froze again. I don't
> understand a permission denied error on ls.


try running sudo ls -l 

I know the problem has something to do with a broken package,
but my experience with debian based distributions is limited to
ubuntu and that has been pretty good to me so far.

If it was me I would probably end up trying stuff manually (make
back up's of anything you delete), but I am sure there is someone
who could give decent information on using apt or dpkg or something
that would help solve your problem... anyone want to be that person?


Todd
> 

Regards,
Todd
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