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Re: Ubuntu Update Stalls
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Geoffrey Thomas)
Mon Feb 7 15:08:55 2011
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 15:08:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@MIT.EDU>
To: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>
cc: Thomas Smith <tjsmith@mit.edu>, Chuck King <chuckk@mit.edu>,
John T Guy <jtguy@mit.edu>,
"release-team@MIT.EDU Release Team" <release-team@mit.edu>
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I saw a machine with this error, m2-032-14. It looks like the machine
upgraded its kernel but finish upgrading its OpenAFS modules... I'm
surprised the error message wasn't more obvious, but it does make sense.
I was able to fix it by rebooting into recovery mode, choosing the "root -
Drop to root shell prompt" option at the bottom and running the command
"aptitude install", which prompted me to install/upgrade several packages
including new AFS modules. I'm not sure why the "dpkg - Repair broken
packages" command was insufficient, but it doesn't run that exact command.
--
Geoffrey Thomas
geofft@mit.edu
On Wed, 2 Feb 2011, Jonathan Reed wrote:
> Do you have a sense for how often this happens? It definitely seems like the fix is working on some machines. When this problem occurs, is it ok after rebooting it? Or is the machine now permanently broken?
>
> -Jon
>
> On Feb 2, 2011, at 10:31 AM, Thomas Smith wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I am hitting a snag with these Ubuntu updates which is delaying
>> the
>> process.
>>
>> Each day after completing the process a student will try to log
>> on to a
>> updated machine and it will not be able to log on.
>>
>> Keep in mind this seems to be random.
>>
>> So, I tested one myself to see what error message occurred.
>> There were several.
>>
>> Initially the message states:
>>
>> Could not update ICEauthority file/mit/username/.ICEauthority
>>
>> When you close this message the following appears:
>> Nautilus could not create permissions folder.
>>
>> When you close this message the following appears:
>> There is a problem with the configuration server.
>>
>> Then, the screen just goes blank.
>> So you have to reboot to log off/out.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tommy
>>
>>
>> Thomas J. Smith
>> Athena Team
>> Ditr ddm-team@mit.edu
>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>
>
