[ubuntu-za] Update broken - any ideas?

[Frans de waal]

Yes using the du -hs comand help me with finding the space hogs, free up
some space by cleaning out your cahe folders and. Old log files... samba
was a big culprit with me on the logs... then try again.

Frans de Waal
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On Jan 20, 2014 4:31 PM, "Zabear" <zabear1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> since 18 jan I have a problem updating. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
> After updating on the 18th I got an error message.
>
> the error message is the following: It is impossible to install or remove
> any software.
> Run 'sudo apt-get install -f in terminal'
>
> I did
> messages came back:
> 'dpkg was interrupted - manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a'
>
> I did
> message came back
> 'error: failed to open '/var/lib/dpkg/status' for writing status database
> no space left on device'
>
> but there are gigabites of space
>
> it seems as if it is trying to find a new device called /dev/sr0 , in
> directory /media/DSL-275OU of type iso9660  which has apparently 124,5MiB
> but 0 bytes free.
>
> I do not have such a device such as /dev/sr0      !
>
> But now I cannot update and I struggle to open files.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Rusty
>
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