Hi; > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >very odd, could be a hardware error? is your machine >unstable? is it unstable under load? My system is running over NFS. Here is the dpkg version info: PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg --version Debian GNU/Linux `dpkg' package management program version 1.10.25 (powerpc). This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty. See dpkg --licence for copyright and license details. PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i ftp_0.17-12_powerpc.deb Killed PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i telnet_0.17-29_powerpc.deb Killed PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# As seen above, running dpkg manually get itself killed.... Regards, TEH KokHow Teh wrote: > Hi; > I am running kernel 2.4.26 with debian distribution on PQ2FADS-ZU. I > tried to download and install some packages from ftp sources but after the > download, apt-get failed with "E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited > unexpectedly": > > > PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# apt-get -V install ftp > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > libreadline4 (4.3-11) > The following NEW packages will be installed: > ftp (0.17-12) > libreadline4 (4.3-11) > 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 73 not upgraded. > Need to get 205kB of archives. > After unpacking 553kB of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y > Get:1 ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/main libreadline4 4.3-11 [146kB] > Get:2 ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/main ftp 0.17-12 [58.9kB] > Fetched 205kB in 43s (4753B/s) > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly > PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# apt-get -V install telnet > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following NEW packages will be installed: > telnet (0.17-29) > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 73 not upgraded. > Need to get 68.5kB of archives. > After unpacking 197kB of additional disk space will be used. > Get:1 ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/main telnet 0.17-29 [68.5kB] > Fetched 68.5kB in 20s (3409B/s) > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly > PQ2FADS-ZU:/var/cache/apt/archives# > PQ2FADS-ZU:~# uname -a > Linux PQ2FADS-ZU 2.4.26 #62 Wed Dec 14 16:00:08 MYT 2005 ppc GNU/Linux > PQ2FADS-ZU:~# > > Any advice and insight is appreciated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
