Thanks for your bug submission. With older hardware, it's possible that
the hard drive is going. Since you stated that you lost data with an
update, was it because of disk errors?
The log files show:
Setting up gnome-system-monitor (2.20.1-0ubuntu1) ...
*** glibc detected *** scrollkeeper-update: corrupted double-linked list:
0x08052238 ***
Scrollkeeper is part of the package database maintainer. When it gets
corrupted, packages can't be installed properly. Double-link list means
that there is a corruption in the database.
GRUB 1st stage gets loaded to the Master Boot Record, so fdisk won't
normally delete it. It will get overwritten with a new GRUB install, so
that behavior is normal. The second stage and the kernel are stored in
/boot/grub so unless you have a valid Linux partition, GRUB will load
but it won't get very far.
How old is your disk drive? Installing Linux can cause them to heat up
since they are working hard. Has the machine been cleaned recently?
Make sure the ribbon and power cable are seated properly.
Marking as Incomplete pending reporter's testing. No worries, many
hardware failures look like software failures. Sometimes it's difficult
to tell.
** Changed in: gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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some updates failed after clean install of Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/161917
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