[xubuntu-users] Security update fails in 12.04 (Ubuntu Tweak PPA Link)

Sun Nov 10 18:10:06 UTC 2013

On 11/10/2013 07:00 AM, xubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
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>    1. Re:  Security update fails in 12.04 (kelmark)
>    2. Re:  Security update fails in 12.04 (Albert Wagner)
>    3. Re:  Security update fails in 12.04 (Albert Wagner)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 09:07:20 -0500
> From: kelmark <pcgarminmap at gmail.com>
> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Security update fails in 12.04
> Message-ID: <527E4198.4050105 at gmail.com>
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> 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Updating Xubuntu 12.04.2. with security updates pushed by Ubuntu yielded
> the error notification below.  I don't have a clue how to fix this: "No
> space left on device".  I have checked space with GParted, Thunar and
> Disk Usage Analyzer and I have gBytes of unused space everywhere I can
> think to look.  The file linux-libc-dev 3.2.0-55.85 has a "!" in the S
> column of Synaptic.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... (Reading database ...
> 5%% <more> (Reading database ... 100%% (Reading database ... 590564
> files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace linux-libc-dev 3.2.0-55.85 (using
> .../linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-56.86_amd64.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement linux-libc-dev ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-56.86_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>   unable to create `/usr/include/linux/const.h.dpkg-new' (while
> processing `./usr/include/linux/const.h'): No space left on device
> No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
> dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>   /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-56.86_amd64.deb
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Albert,
> 
> I believe this occurs when you have too many old kernel headers that
> have been replaced in synaptic package manager and you have a separate
> boot partition ?
> 
> FIRST try to remove unnecessary packages resulting from installing and
> uninstalling software:
> sudo apt-get autoclean
> sudo apt-get clean
> sudo apt-get autoremove
> 
> 
> AND Lastly go to System/Synaptic Package Manager and search on:
> linux-headers and click on Installed in left pane.
> 
> Maybe you have alot of old header versions out there that may be removed?
> I only show three versions and
> My amd64 was updated to version 3.2.0-56.86 the other day.
> from 3.2.0-55.85 and I show a
> 3rd out there as 3.2.0-54.82
> 
> I run Ubuntu Tweak http://ubuntu-tweak.com/
> (UbuntuTweak has a nice janitor function that seems to work well for Me)
> 
> Don
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 10:44:15 -0600
> From: Albert Wagner <albertwagner at cox.net>
> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Security update fails in 12.04
> Message-ID: <527E665F.5020002 at cox.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> On 11/09/2013 02:42 AM, Elfy wrote:
>> On 09/11/13 01:02, Albert Wagner wrote:
>>> Updating Xubuntu 12.04.2. with security updates pushed by Ubuntu 
>>> yielded the error notification below. I don't have a clue how to fix 
>>> this: "No space left on device". I have checked space with GParted, 
>>> Thunar and Disk Usage Analyzer and I have gBytes of unused space 
>>> everywhere I can think to look.  The file linux-libc-dev 3.2.0-55.85 
>>> has a "!" in the S column of Synaptic.
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 
>>> 5%% <more> (Reading database ... 100%% (Reading database ... 590564 
>>> files and directories currently installed.)
>>> Preparing to replace linux-libc-dev 3.2.0-55.85 (using 
>>> .../linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-56.86_amd64.deb) ...
>>> Unpacking replacement linux-libc-dev ...
>>> dpkg: error processing 
>>> /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-56.86_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>>>  unable to create `/usr/include/linux/const.h.dpkg-new' (while 
>>> processing `./usr/include/linux/const.h'): No space left on device
>>> No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
>>> dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>>  /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-56.86_amd64.deb
>>>
>>>
>> What do you see for the / line if you run this command in a terminal
>>
>> df -h
>>
>> Elfy
>>
> /dev/sda1       9.2G  4.4G  4.4G  50% /
> 
> Thanks, Elfy. The suggestions of Kelmark(Don) did the trick.  I had over 
> 30 unused linux-headers*.
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 10:47:03 -0600
> From: Albert Wagner <albertwagner at cox.net>
> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Security update fails in 12.04
> Message-ID: <527E6707.5060700 at cox.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> On 11/09/2013 08:07 AM, kelmark wrote:
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Updating Xubuntu 12.04.2. with security updates pushed by Ubuntu yielded
>> the error notification below.  I don't have a clue how to fix this: "No
>> space left on device".  I have checked space with GParted, Thunar and
>> Disk Usage Analyzer and I have gBytes of unused space everywhere I can
>> think to look.  The file linux-libc-dev 3.2.0-55.85 has a "!" in the S
>> column of Synaptic.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... (Reading database ...
>> 5%% <more> (Reading database ... 100%% (Reading database ... 590564
>> files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to replace linux-libc-dev 3.2.0-55.85 (using
>> .../linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-56.86_amd64.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement linux-libc-dev ...
>> dpkg: error processing
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-56.86_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>>    unable to create `/usr/include/linux/const.h.dpkg-new' (while
>> processing `./usr/include/linux/const.h'): No space left on device
>> No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
>> dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>    /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-56.86_amd64.deb
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Albert,
>>
>> I believe this occurs when you have too many old kernel headers that
>> have been replaced in synaptic package manager and you have a separate
>> boot partition ?
>>
>> FIRST try to remove unnecessary packages resulting from installing and
>> uninstalling software:
>> sudo apt-get autoclean
>> sudo apt-get clean
>> sudo apt-get autoremove
>>
>>
>> AND Lastly go to System/Synaptic Package Manager and search on:
>> linux-headers and click on Installed in left pane.
>>
>> Maybe you have alot of old header versions out there that may be removed?
>> I only show three versions and
>> My amd64 was updated to version 3.2.0-56.86 the other day.
>> from 3.2.0-55.85 and I show a
>> 3rd out there as 3.2.0-54.82
>>
>> I run Ubuntu Tweak http://ubuntu-tweak.com/
>> (UbuntuTweak has a nice janitor function that seems to work well for Me)
>>
>> Don
>>
> Thank you, Don.   That worked.  I checked on Ubuntu Tweak and it doesn't 
> appear to work for 12.04 xfce yet.
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 

Glad that worked for you and I do run xfce and xubuntu on amd64.
There is a ppa to get Ubuntu Tweak, I followed the instructions at link:
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/04/install-ubuntu-tweak-0-7-in-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin/

It seems to be under active deevelopment (I get changes to tweak now and
then)

Don

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