[ubuntu-za] SOLVED - Thanx -( Update STILL broken - any ideas? 23 jan)

[Ubuntu Bear ZA]

It solved and Im writing this from the previously broken system

After running sudo dpkg --configure -a (thanx Rober Holm)
and Christiaans stuff (the clean all -f install and upgrade stuff)
the problem seemed to be a language pack - gnome-en issue

once that was corrected by -f install and upgrade, I was back in business

Thanx to everyone who responded

Rusty



On 23/01/2014 15:55, Bernie Swanzen wrote:
> 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 
>> <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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