Problem upgrading from 15.10 to 16.04

[Nils Kassube]

Bob wrote:
> ** Reply to message from Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> on Mon, 20 Jun
> 2016 07:13:40 +0200
> > Bob wrote:
> > > Upgrading from 15.10 to 16.04 there was an error, if there was a
> > > message I did not see it because I let the upgrade run overnight .
> > > The first boot after the upgrade I got the message:
> > > 
> > > Sorry the application gacutil.exe has stopped unexpectedly
> > > 
> > > Searching it appears to be a windows program!
> > 
> > Not exactly - it is part of mono, which is an open source
> > implementation of Microsofts .NET framework.
> > 
> > > Now at every boot I get
> > > a popup to report a problem but no indication what the error is.
> > > 
> > > What commands do I need to do to try a get the package database
> > > checked and to get whatever failed the first time redone?
> > 
> > Try these commands in a terminal:
> > 
> > sudo dpkg --configure -a
> > sudo apt-get install -f
> 
> bob1 at Jupiter:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
> [sudo] password for bob1:
> bob1 at Jupiter:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> required: libcdaudio1 libslv2-9
> Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> bob1 at Jupiter:~$

It looks like the upgrade was successful. Of course that doesn't explain 
the error message, but at least the package database seems to be OK.

I'm not sure, but it could be that the system has marked the gacutil.exe 
crash and now wants to report it. You could have a look at the directory 
/var/crash/ and if there is a file like 
"_usr_lib_mono_4.5_gacutil.exe.0.crash" you could remove it (as root). 
That should prevent further attempts to report the crash.


Nils