[xubuntu 12.04] Update-manager produces segmentation fault
Robert Spanjaard
spamtrap at arumes.com
Sat Sep 8 20:51:31 UTC 2012
On my netbook with Xubuntu 12.04 installed, update-manager suddenly won't
run anymore. I first noticed it when I tried to run it earlier today from
the "updates available" notification. It used the CPU for a couple of
seconds, and then I got the "crash detected" notification.
When I try to run update-manager from the command line, I get
"Segmentation fault (core dumped)".
Some things I already considered:
1. Update Manager is the only program that fails. Other package managers
like Software Center, apt-get and Synaptic run flawlessly.
2. Memtest doesn't report any errors. Still, I tried a spare memory
module just to be safe, but I got the same error.
3. Through Google, I found that removing the contents of /var/cache/apt
solved the problem for some people. But not for me.
4. I tried reinstalling update-manager and update-manager-core from
freshly downloaded packages (ofcourse, after point 3, the cache was
empty). Still got the same error. :-(
Any ideas left for me to try?
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Regards, Robert http://www.arumes.com
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