Kubuntu upgrade crash during cleanup

Bug #112394 reported by Martin Pagh Goodwin
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update-manager (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

Cleaning up has an empty terminal window, and 0% completed, when "Upgrade Tool Crashed" is displayed

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/kde-root/adept_updaterID0aqc.tmp-extract/dist-upgrade.py", line 56, in ?
    app.run()
  File "/tmp/kde-root/adept_updaterID0aqc.tmp-extract/DistUpgradeControler.py", line 1025, in run
    self.fullUpgrade()
  File "/tmp/kde-root/adept_updaterID0aqc.tmp-extract/DistUpgradeControler.py", line 1014, in fullUpgrade
    self.doPostUpgrade()
  File "/tmp/kde-root/adept_updaterID0aqc.tmp-extract/DistUpgradeControler.py", line 740, in doPostUpgrade
    res = self.cache.commit(fprogress,iprogress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/apt/cache.py", line 204, in commit
    if res == pm.ResultCompleted:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/apt/cache.py", line 179, in installArchives
    installProgress.finishUpdate()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/apt/progress.py", line 206, in run
    select.select([self.statusfd],[],[], self.selectTimeout)
  File "/tmp/kde-root/adept_updaterID0aqc.tmp-extract/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py", line 227, in fork
    self.child_pid = os.fork()
OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory

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Richard Birnie (rbirnie-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Martin,

thanks for taking the time to report this bug. In fact this is a known issue that is currently being tracked as bug 107188. If possible could you attach the log files from the crashed upgrade. These are found in /var/log/dist-upgrade.

thanks,
Richard

Changed in update-manager:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Biskit (matt-dunn) wrote :

I have the same error. My apt.log is attached. Mainlog to follow.

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Biskit (matt-dunn) wrote :
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