I attempted the above steps with the same result. It appears that it thinks the disk is full. I verified that there is plenty of space on the disk. When I run sudo apt-get install -f, I get this:
Unpacking linux-headers-3.2.0-55-generic-pae (from .../linux-headers-3.2.0-55-generic-pae_3.2.0-55.85_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-55-generic-pae_3.2.0-55.85_i386.deb (--unpack): unable to create `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-55-generic-pae/include/config/joystick/xpad/leds.h.dpkg-new' (while processing `./usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-55-generic-pae/include/config/joystick/xpad/leds.h'): No space left on device No apport report written because the error message indicates a disk full error dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-55-generic-pae_3.2.0-55.85_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Note that /usr is mounted on a second virtual disk. It is 59% full and is writable. Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 7223800 3428956 3427896 51% / udev 375736 4 375732 1% /dev tmpfs 153220 792 152428 1% /run none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock none 383048 152 382896 1% /run/shm cgroup 383048 0 383048 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sdb1 8256916 4545980 3291508 59% /usr -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246884 Title: package linux-headers-3.2.0-55-generic-pae (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: error creating directory `./usr/src/linux- headers-3.2.0-55-generic-pae': Read-only file system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1246884/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
