Linux on the ASUS N10 N10J

vacant79 · 07-11-2009, 04:42 PM

so today i suddenly got an error message that said:

E: The package linux-image-2.6.30.1 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.

E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report.

then it told me that this usually means that your installed packages have unmet dependencies.

i don't suppose you could give me some advice as to what i'm supposed to do at this point.

cheers.

ALLurGroceries · 07-11-2009, 04:49 PM

Looks like you need to purge (completely remove) the kernel image package and then reinstall it. The .deb should be in /usr/src -- to make sure it's there before purging:

Code:

ls /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.30.1_2.6.30.1-10.00.Custom_i386.deb

To purge it:

Code:

sudo dpkg -P linux-image-2.6.30.1

Then reinstall it:

Code:

sudo dpkg -i /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.30.1_2.6.30.1-10.00.Custom_i386.deb

vacant79 · 07-11-2009, 05:03 PM

so .deb is in /usr/src

but when i type:

sudo dpkg -P linux-image-2.6.30.1

i get:

dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.30.1 (--purge):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.30.1

...which doesn't sound good.
(i've been trying to mess around with sound the last couple of days, trying each of the two fixes you link to.. not sure if that had anything to do with the current state of affairs i find myself in)

ALLurGroceries · 07-11-2009, 05:11 PM

You can try:

Code:

dpkg --force-all -P linux-image-2.6.30.1

Although that might not work at all, or it might half-work, which could be worse than not working at all.

There are directions here that should definitely solve the problem, but I cannot test against your setup because my package state isn't all messed up like yours.

vacant79 · 07-11-2009, 05:20 PM

sorry, how do i backup /var/lib/dpkg/status file?

...and if this all goes horribly wrong, can i just delete this kernel and go back to one of the original kernels, or do i have to reinstall ubuntu from the disk like the fist time?

thanks for your help.

ALLurGroceries · 07-11-2009, 05:25 PM

The cp command... something like this:

Code:

sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status.backup

Basically you are off-course from any directions that are in the guide, or anything I have posted in response to your problems, so I'm not sure where you messed it up.

You can go back to one of the original kernels, you shouldn't have removed all of the others, so just choose the one you want from the boot screen. The best thing would be to reinstall the linux-image .deb. Again you are quite far off the trail in terms of the guide, I just want to make that clear.

vacant79 · 07-11-2009, 06:44 PM

if you mean that i have gone too off topic (which i guess i have), then i apologize.
if you mean it more as a disclaimer, then understood.

i guess i don't really understand what it is the link you directed me too is saying i'm supposed to be doing... at least, i take it the errant package is the linux-image-2.6.30.1.. but i don't see it "ardouring" anywhere... i've found it in the file that comes up when i type 'sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status', but i'm not sure if i'm supposed to delete it (in the way the link says) or not, and whether i am first supposed to reinstall the image, or only after reboot.

anyway, this is off topic, so i apologize again... and i'll try work it out somehow.

thanks for all your help.

ALLurGroceries · 07-11-2009, 07:20 PM

No, sorry, replace ardour with linux-image-2.6.30.1 in what they're saying there, ardour is a separate package that is completely unrelated

I was saying that more as a disclaimer as in this shouldn't be a concern for other people reading the thread... it's an unusual problem.

vacant79 · 07-11-2009, 07:45 PM

okay, excellent, thanks.

I did what was said in the link.. and it worked (even without rebooting, things (updates) just started working).. though now should i reinstall the image?

oh, and i typed in 'ls /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.30.1_2.6.30.1-10.00.Custom_i386.deb' after doing what was said in the link, and it still comes back with:

/usr/src/linux-image-2.6.30.1_2.6.30.1-10.00.Custom_i386.deb

so i don't know if that means everything is just fine, or whether image needs to be reinstalled just the same (and would i then have to uninstall the image?)

thanks again.

ALLurGroceries · 07-11-2009, 08:04 PM

Yep just reinstall that deb and hopefully all should be well.

That is exactly what you should get back from ls, it will return the name of the file, unless it doesn't exist, in which case it will tell you the file doesn't exist. It's just a shortcut to see if a file is there or not.