Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. It seems all packages fail because of lack of space, although there seem to be aplenty. Have you tried to perform a cleaning procedure on apt?
from the terminal: sudo apt-get autoclean sudo apt-get clean all Thanks. ** Summary changed: - E: /var/cache/apt/archives/tor_0.2.0.34-1~hardy+1_i386.deb: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1) + Apt fails to update because of "No space left on device", although plenty of disk space available ** Description changed: E: /var/cache/apt/archives/tor_0.2.0.34-1~hardy+1_i386.deb: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1) - eventhough root has 4.4 gb of space free + even though root has 4.4 gb of space free ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Aug 19 20:53:10 2009 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 ErrorMessage: failed in buffer_write(fd) (11, ret=-1) Package: libqt3-mt None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/libqt3-mt.list] PackageArchitecture: i386 SourcePackage: qt-x11-free Title: package libqt3-mt None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/libqt3-mt.list] failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (11, ret=-1) Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic i686 -- Apt fails to update because of "No space left on device", although plenty of disk space available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415983 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
