hi I am new to Ubuntu and have a few errors. Ist when my pc launches and I get the dos option to run either windows xp or ubunta, I have to press escape and go into an other menu and pick 1 of 5 option from here. is this normal ?. 2nd after I gte into Ubuntu and try and run the update manager I get the following error message E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
I have looked up fixes for this and tried to run the command line I then get another error message. ni...@thefishers1:~$ dpkg --configure -a dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege ni...@thefishers1:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a [sudo] password for nigel: dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0184' near line 18 package `libnm-glib0': field name `#_intended_' must be followed by colon ni...@thefishers1:~$ please help -- The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108332 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs