> You did upgrade your linux kernel:
> 2011-08-19 10:13:37 upgrade linux-generic 2.6.38.10.25 2.6.38.11.26
> [...]
> 2011-08-19 10:13:58 configure linux-image-2.6.38-11-generic 2.6.38-11.48 
> <none>

Ok, the upgrade must have been part of the process the update manager
called one time.

> But the log clearly shows that you installed lots of other packages even
> with the older kernel. So I don't think it would bring anything to ask
> you to retry with the former kernel (2.6.38-10-generic). The error was
> transient and it will be next to impossible to track it... and it's
> really not in dpkg. I'm tentatively reassigning it to the kernel but I
> doubt this will go further unfortunately.

Well, thanks for all your help anyway.  If I can be of any further
assistance just let me know.

Thanks,

Nate


2011/8/22 Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]>:
> You did upgrade your linux kernel:
> 2011-08-19 10:13:37 upgrade linux-generic 2.6.38.10.25 2.6.38.11.26
> [...]
> 2011-08-19 10:13:58 configure linux-image-2.6.38-11-generic 2.6.38-11.48 
> <none>
>
> But the log clearly shows that you installed lots of other packages even
> with the older kernel. So I don't think it would bring anything to ask
> you to retry with the former kernel (2.6.38-10-generic). The error was
> transient and it will be next to impossible to track it... and it's
> really not in dpkg. I'm tentatively reassigning it to the kernel but I
> doubt this will go further unfortunately.
>
> ** Package changed: dpkg (Ubuntu) => linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu)
>
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> 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 “linux-lts-backport-natty” 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)
>
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  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

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