[solved] Internal pacman error: Segmentation fault.

Xehoz · 2010-08-05 20:41:10

I've been having this error since a couple of days ago. I haven't booted the PC for a few days... and everything was quite fine, so I have no idea what may have caused it. I did find another thread which poses a similar problem, but it was only "solved" by a complete system reinstall.

pacman -Syu --debug

debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: HoldPkg: pacman
debug: config: HoldPkg: glibc
debug: config: SyncFirst: pacman
debug: config: architecture: x86_64
debug: config: new section 'core'
debug: registering sync database 'core'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 66: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://archlinux.limun.org/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://ftp.rnl.ist.utl.pt/pub/archlinux/core/os/arch
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://202.78.230.5/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://archlinux.cbn.net.id/pub/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://artfiles.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://archlinux.cbn.net.id/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://archlinux.hell.org.ua/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://archlinux.linuxforum.kz/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net/pub/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: setlibpaths() called
debug: option 'cachedir' = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'extra'
debug: registering sync database 'extra'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 70: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://archlinux.limun.org/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://ftp.rnl.ist.utl.pt/pub/archlinux/extra/os/arch
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://202.78.230.5/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://archlinux.cbn.net.id/pub/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://artfiles.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://archlinux.cbn.net.id/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://archlinux.hell.org.ua/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://archlinux.linuxforum.kz/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net/pub/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'community'
debug: registering sync database 'community'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 78: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://archlinux.limun.org/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://ftp.rnl.ist.utl.pt/pub/archlinux/community/os/arch
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://202.78.230.5/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://archlinux.cbn.net.id/pub/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://artfiles.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://archlinux.cbn.net.id/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://archlinux.hell.org.ua/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://archlinux.linuxforum.kz/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net/pub/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'archlinuxfr'
debug: registering sync database 'archlinuxfr'
debug: adding new server URL to database 'archlinuxfr': http://repo.archlinux.fr/x86_64
debug: config: new section 'compiz-fusion'
debug: registering sync database 'compiz-fusion'
debug: adding new server URL to database 'compiz-fusion': http://compiz.dreamz-box.de/x86_64
debug: config: new section 'vbox'
debug: registering sync database 'vbox'
debug: adding new server URL to database 'vbox': http://archlinux.ro/~ioni/vbox
debug: config: new section 'arch-games'
debug: registering sync database 'arch-games'
debug: adding new server URL to database 'arch-games': http://pseudoform.org/arch-games/games/x86_64
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
debug: registering local database
debug: loading package cache for repository 'local'
debug: database path for tree local set to /var/lib/pacman/local/
debug: loading package cache for repository 'core'
debug: database path for tree core set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/core/
:: Starting full system upgrade...
debug: checking for package upgrades
debug: loading package cache for repository 'extra'
debug: database path for tree extra set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/
debug: loading package cache for repository 'community'
debug: database path for tree community set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/community/
debug: loading package cache for repository 'archlinuxfr'
debug: database path for tree archlinuxfr set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/archlinuxfr/
debug: loading package cache for repository 'compiz-fusion'
debug: database path for tree compiz-fusion set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/compiz-fusion/
debug: loading package cache for repository 'vbox'
debug: database path for tree vbox set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/vbox/
debug: loading package cache for repository 'arch-games'
debug: database path for tree arch-games set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/arch-games/
debug: new version of 'farsight2' found (0.0.20-1 => 0.0.21-1)
debug: adding package farsight2-0.0.21-1 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'gimp' found (2.6.9-1 => 2.6.10-1)
debug: adding package gimp-2.6.10-1 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'gnupg2' found (2.0.15-1 => 2.0.16-1)
debug: adding package gnupg2-2.0.16-1 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'kernel26' found (2.6.34.1-1 => 2.6.34.2-2)
debug: adding package kernel26-2.6.34.2-2 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'kernel26-headers' found (2.6.34.1-1 => 2.6.34.2-2)
debug: adding package kernel26-headers-2.6.34.2-2 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'libdrm' found (2.4.21-1 => 2.4.21-2)
debug: adding package libdrm-2.4.21-2 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'libnice' found (0.0.12-1 => 0.0.13-1)
debug: adding package libnice-0.0.13-1 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'network-manager-applet' found (0.8-3 => 0.8.1-1)
debug: adding package network-manager-applet-0.8.1-1 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'networkmanerror: segmentation fault
ager' found (0.8-1 => 0.8.1-1)
debug: adding package networkmanager-0.8.1-1 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'perl' found (5.10.1-5 => 5.12.1-2)
debug: adding package perl-5.12.1-2 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'perl-text-iconv' found (1.7-3 => 1.7-4)
debug: adding package perl-text-iconv-1.7-4 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'perl-xml-parser' found (2.36-6 => 2.36-7)
debug: adding package perl-xml-parser-2.36-7 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'perl-yaml-syck' found (1.07-1 => 1.10-1)
debug: adding package perl-yaml-syck-1.10-1 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'python-telepathy' found (0.15.17-1 => 0.15.18-1)
debug: adding package python-telepathy-0.15.18-1 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'system-tools-backends' found (2.10.0-1 => 2.10.0-2)
debug: adding package system-tools-backends-2.10.0-2 to the transaction targets
debug: new version of 'telepathy-haze' found (0.3.6-1 => 0.4.0-1)
debug: adding package telepathy-haze-0.4.0-1 to the transaction targets

The final lines show up on the terminal:

Internal pacman error: Segmentation fault.
Please submit a full bug report with --debug if appropriate.

One curious thing is that yesterday it only stopped after 'system-tools-backend'. Today it manages to process another package.

Any clues?

-edit-

Tried removing network-manager-applet, since there was some kind of error during the upgrade. No luck.

-edit 2-

Tried installing a few packages with a simple pacman -S.

From the last 3 packages, telepathy-haze and python-telepathy installed fine. However, pacman -S system-tools-backends causes the same error, so that seems to be the problem.

Last edited by Xehoz (2010-08-07 21:54:35)

Xehoz · 2010-08-07 21:54:09

Apparently, changing mirrors and typing pacman -Sy wasn't enough.

Eventually, only pacman -Syy solved the problem for me.

-y, --refresh
Download a fresh copy of the master package list from the server(s)
defined in pacman.conf(5). This should typically be used each time
you use --sysupgrade or -u. Passing two --refresh or -y flags will
force a refresh of all package lists even if they are thought to be
up to date.

Arch Linux

#1 2010-08-05 20:41:10

[solved] Internal pacman error: Segmentation fault.

#2 2010-08-07 21:54:09

Re: [solved] Internal pacman error: Segmentation fault.

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