Hi, Well, I installed ext specifically because after doing some research (and having previously installed Ubuntu under ext3), I found that I could have read/write access to hfs+ disks (which is what my Mac HD is). That is why I chose to install Ubuntu under ext2 formatting scheme.
As for other packages being installed, I have not tried to install dselect or use it manually before or since this error. I always use APT or Synaptic Package Manager (which I think calls the dselect process), and all the other installations I've done have completed without any errors. Thanks, Nate 2011/8/20 Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Nathan Neal wrote: >> /dev/sda3 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro) > > ext2 is a strange choice, did you pick that explicitly? If not, how did > you install Ubuntu? > > Are you able to install other packages (i.e. different from dselect)? > Or do you have the same problem with all packages? > > Cheers, > -- > Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer > > Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) > ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) > > -- > 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
