system freeze installing libxine1

[Todd Slater]

On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 11:21:10AM -0400, Todd Deshane wrote:
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>      >      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?

It's bizarre, I still get permission denied with sudo ls -l.

Thanks again for your help; I'm debating whether to re-install and just
not format my /home partition.

Todd