Well, I had originally installed Ubuntu under ext3, but could not write to it under Mac OS X, and did some searching online, and I seem to remember reading that MOSX works better with ext2 formatting than ext3, so I wiped my Linux partition, reformatted as ext2, and reinstalled Ubuntu. MOSX does now allow read/write to the Linux partition, whereas under ext3 it did not. Anyway, all that is just some background as why I chose ext2.
I did as as you suggested, and tried installing dselect again, and this time it worked. I'm copying/pasting the text of the terminal window: nate@nne-macbook:~$ sudo apt-get install dselect [sudo] password for nate: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: dselect 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/186 kB of archives. After this operation, 1,077 kB of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... 189711 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking dselect (from .../dselect_1.16.0~ubuntu7_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up dselect (1.16.0~ubuntu7) ... nate@nne-macbook:~$ I should mention that I have installed some packages related to APT and some compilers since we started this discussion. I don't know if that might be why this is now working or not. If you'd like, I could try to track down exactly what packages, and dependent files, I installed in the last few days and give you a list....or if you know of an easier way (maybe a cache of some sort), then you could instruct me on how to access it. Thanks 2011/8/21 Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]>: > On Sat, 20 Aug 2011, Nathan Neal wrote: >> 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. > > Hum, I don't see the relationship unless you mean that MacOS can > read/write ext2 while it doesn't for ext3. > > Otherwise if linux is able to access hfs+ it has nothing to do with the > choice of filesystem for Linux's root filesystem. > >> 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. > > dselect is not used by APT or Synaptic, only "dpkg" is used as underlying > package manager. > > Can you try to install dselect again and see if you can reproduce the > error? > > sudo apt-get install dselect > > If yes I would like you to do "sudo strace -f -o log dpkg -i > /var/cache/apt/archives/dselect_*.deb" and to attach the resulting "log" > file. You might have to install strace first (apt-get install strace). > You might want to compress the log file before sending it ("gzip log" and > you send the log.gz file). > > 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
