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pichlo | # 11 | 2013-10-28, 14:36 | Report

Originally Posted by tanago View Post

If somebody else has that problem and to quickly solve:
as root

mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
vi /var/lib/apt/lists/lock -> Press Esc on the screen then write ':wq' on the keyboard, then Enter
mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial

Problem solved

Or even - skipping a manula step and without a need for vi...

Code:

mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
touch /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial

ZeNzO | # 12 | 2013-10-28, 16:25 | Report

Originally Posted by michaaa62 View Post

It may be that the automatic update from Hildon Application Manager is interfering, this even might take some minutes...

Are you really using 'su' instead of the other tweaks to gain the rights of root?

It's definitely not the App Manager, this has been happening since a month now no matter if I had my Internet connection on, or how long I've been waiting for the updater to end.

I've also tried root access by BusyBox. Doesn't really work and I'm kind of scared of that one really. I'm not a pro Linux user, just a regular one.

My app manager on startup states "Operation Failed" and I can't really do anything.

/var/lib/apt/lists is empty and... I don't know what to do. I had that once already on the Easy Debian LXDE image and couldn't fix that either.

michaaa62 | # 13 | 2013-10-28, 17:13 | Report

You need rootsh installed for these commands to work

Code:

sudo gainroot
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

If you are unsure about the output, please post it here via Copy'nPaste, please.

ZeNzO | # 14 | 2013-10-28, 20:29 | Report

Here's a full paste.

Code:

BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso31+0cssu0) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

mkdir: cannot create directory '/dev/cgroup/cpu/user/': Permission denied
-sh: /home/user/.bashrc: line 1: cannot create /dev/cgroup/cpu/user/2235/tasks: nonexistent directory
-sh: /home/user/.bashrc: line 1: cannot create /dev/cgroup/cpu/user/2235/notify_on_release: nonexistent directory
~ $ sudo gainroot
Root shell enabled


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso31+0cssu0) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/home/user # apt-get update
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (5 Input/output error)
E: Unable to lock the list directory
/home/user # apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Error!
E: Read error - read (21 Is a directory)
E: Read error - read (21 Is a directory)
/home/user #

Just now I've noticed I've got some -sh errors. Wonder if that's relevant.

michaaa62 | # 15 | 2013-10-29, 07:29 | Report

Originally Posted by ZeNzO View Post

Here's a full paste.

Code:

BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso31+0cssu0) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

mkdir: cannot create directory '/dev/cgroup/cpu/user/': Permission denied
-sh: /home/user/.bashrc: line 1: cannot create /dev/cgroup/cpu/user/2235/tasks: nonexistent directory
-sh: /home/user/.bashrc: line 1: cannot create /dev/cgroup/cpu/user/2235/notify_on_release: nonexistent directory
~ $ sudo gainroot
Root shell enabled


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso31+0cssu0) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/home/user # apt-get update
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (5 Input/output error)
E: Unable to lock the list directory
/home/user # apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Error!
E: Read error - read (21 Is a directory)
E: Read error - read (21 Is a directory)
/home/user #

Just now I've noticed I've got some -sh errors. Wonder if that's relevant.

These are remnants from those quite infamous '*-patches', either battery or power!
Those are not revertable but with a full reflash of the device.

Please verify the error message of apt-get

Code:

ls -al /var/lib/apt
ls -al /var/lib/apt/lists

to see if the structure is okay.