[ubuntu-za] Update STILL broken - any ideas? 23 jan

[Zabear]

On 21/01/2014 10:23, G Christie wrote:
> On 20 January 2014 18:16, Frans de waal <meesterarend at gmail.com 
> <mailto:meesterarend at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     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
>     cell: 076 639 8315
>     skype: meesterarend1
>
>     Wie plant en wie natgooi is nie belangrik nie. Die belangrike Een
>     is God, want dit is Hý wat laat groei.
>     1 Korintiërs 3:7
>
>     On Jan 20, 2014 4:31 PM, "Zabear" <zabear1 at gmail.com
>     <mailto: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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> /dev/sr0 is usually a CD/DVD drive which would be readonly (0 bytes 
> free). It looks like it is mounted under /media as DSL-275OU.
> Try ejecting any cd's then check your sources to see if you have a CD 
> enabled (starts with "deb cdrom:...") and uncheck/disable it if there 
> is (can be re-enabled later if you need it).
> Run sudo apt-get update in a terminal and see if you still get the error.
>
>
>

Hi all, I ran the commands suggested here
1)  I cleared the CD rom drive - there had been a CD in there - now its out
2)  I did do sudo apt-get update - see in attachment (I cannot copy/send 
it from that PC)

as well as 3)   sudo dpkg --configure -a  -  see result

so no luck so far - and System Monitor acknowledges that there are not 
another unaccounted drive or CD drive or anything else - which is 
hogging the space - there is lots of space, but somethiething is broken
What to do now?
Rusty



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