Re: [Bug 274565] Re: error updating gnomes-game-data

2008-11-03 Thread Eric Swenson
I tried this, and it didn't work. The reason is that these are expected to be XML schemas, and a zero-length file isn't a valid XML file. So the removal process still fails. I did figure out how to uninstall gnome-games-data, however. I simply found where the pre-remove script was, and edited to re

[Bug 274565] Re: error updating gnomes-game-data

2008-11-03 Thread Greg Unger
@ Eric: what if you were to create empty text files at /usr/share/gconf/schemas for every file apt-get says it can't find. would you be able to uninstall gnome-games-data then? -- error updating gnomes-game-data https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274565 You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 274565] Re: error updating gnomes-game-data

2008-11-02 Thread Eric Swenson
I'm having a similar problem and I'm quite certain it is not a file system problem (fsck is happy). I think there is something wrong with the pre/post installation scripts for the gnome-games-data package. Here is the output from an attempt to install the package: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-ge

[Bug 274565] Re: error updating gnomes-game-data

2008-09-29 Thread Sebastien Bacher
the error seems to indicate a local installation issue or local changes, that's not a package bug, changing to an user question ** Changed in: gnome-games (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: gnome-games (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** bug changed to question:

[Bug 274565] Re: error updating gnomes-game-data

2008-09-29 Thread Michael Vogt
@Greg: The error message indicates that you might have a filesystem error on your computer. Could you please run a filesystem check (availabe in the ubuntu rescue mode) and a momory check (availabe start startup with the ESC key) and check if those report no error? -- error updating gnomes-game-d

[Bug 274565] Re: error updating gnomes-game-data

2008-09-28 Thread Greg Unger
i have the same problem installing gnome-games. i eventually purged gnome-games and gnome-games-data from my computer. now, attempting to install the package with aptitude produces a similar error. here is aptitude's output: The following NEW packages will be installed: gnome-games gnome-game