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

[Bernie Swanzen]

Hi

I can't really help with the technical bits, but I believe your modem might have been mounted as a hard drive.  The dsl device 2750u is the modem and it's memory capacity is close to 200meg.  Hopefully you'll be able to do something with the info.  Bernie

-------- Original message --------
From: Zabear <zabear1 at gmail.com> 
Date: 23/01/2014  14:51  (GMT+02:00) 
To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com> 
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Update STILL  broken - any ideas? 23 jan 
 
On 21/01/2014 10:23, G Christie wrote:
On 20 January 2014 18:16, Frans de waal <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

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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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/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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