Hi, I'm using a macbook 4.1 that has Mac OS X Leopard on it as well as Ubuntu Natty (Dual boot). I was using the Ubuntu OS when I received this error. The two OS' are partitioned on the same drive, and rEFIt is a third partition on the same drive. The Mac partition is labeled Mac HD and the Linux partition is labeled Linux HD.
I also have an external drive (USB) attached, which contains the partitions "Mac Backup" and "Win Backup" as well as "WD Smartware". Here is the output of ls -al /etc/dpkg: total 32 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2011-04-25 19:07 . drwxr-xr-x 138 root root 8192 2011-08-19 09:10 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 446 2011-03-01 17:07 dpkg.cfg drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-04-25 19:11 dpkg.cfg.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-04-25 18:51 origins -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 260 2011-03-01 17:07 shlibs.default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 253 2011-03-01 17:07 shlibs.override Here is the output of "mount": /dev/sda3 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/nate/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=nate) /dev/sdb1 on /media/Mac Backup type hfsplus (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks) /dev/sdb2 on /media/WINBACKUP type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush) /dev/sda2 on /media/Mac HD type hfsplus (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks) If you need anything else, just let me know. Thanks, Nate 2011/8/18 Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]>: > What filesystem are you using? This error message means that a simple > open fails: > > fd= open(fnamenewvb.buf, (O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_WRONLY), 0); > if (fd < 0) > ohshite(_("unable to create `%.255s' (while processing `%.255s')"), > fnamenewvb.buf, ti->name); > > And those arguments O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_WRONLY are very common and should > not result in the error you gave. > > Can you show us the output of "ls -al /etc/dpkg/" and "mount" ? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/827942 > > Title: > package dselect (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: unable to > create `/etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg.dpkg-new' (while processing > `./etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg'): Invalid argument > > Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > I don't know a great deal about linux/ubuntu. I was trying to update > a library file libc6 to a newer version, and could not see a way to do > this using apt, so I went through some man pages, found dselect, tried > to use it, found it was not installed, and tried to install it using > apt-get....this is when I received this error. I don't know if it's a > bug or not, I don't know if I can't use dselect when apt is already > installed due to some sort of conflict. > > ProblemType: Package > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 > Package: dselect (not installed) > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 > Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686 > NonfreeKernelModules: wl > AptOrdering: > dselect: Install > dselect: Configure > Architecture: i386 > Date: Wed Aug 17 07:00:16 2011 > DpkgTerminalLog: > Unpacking dselect (from .../dselect_1.16.0~ubuntu7_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/dselect_1.16.0~ubuntu7_i386.deb (--unpack): > unable to create `/etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg.dpkg-new' (while processing > `./etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg'): Invalid argument > ErrorMessage: unable to create `/etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg.dpkg-new' (while > processing `./etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg'): Invalid argument > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) > SourcePackage: dpkg > Title: package dselect (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: unable to > create `/etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg.dpkg-new' (while processing > `./etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg'): Invalid argument > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/827942/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/827942 Title: package dselect (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: unable to create `/etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg.dpkg-new' (while processing `./etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg'): Invalid argument To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/827942/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
