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#1 2016-01-19 03:39:09

wilmerhenao
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can't apply update

Hi. I was trying to update, and the following happened. Also, my system has been very slow over the past few days. Thanks for any suggestions

[wilmer@archie ~]$ sudo pacman -Syyu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                                            121.9 KiB   705K/s 00:00 [#########################################] 100%
 extra                                          1765.9 KiB   642K/s 00:03 [#########################################] 100%
 community-testing                                 6.1 KiB  2021K/s 00:00 [#########################################] 100%
 community                                         3.2 MiB  2.46M/s 00:01 [#########################################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt5-sensors-5.5.1-6/desc: No such file or directory
resolving dependencies...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/archlinux-themes-slim-1.2-4/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/at-spi2-core-2.18.3-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/atkmm-2.24.2-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/flac-1.3.1-3/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gstreamer-1.6.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/jack-0.124.1-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libbluray-0.9.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libmodplug-0.8.8.5-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libpulse-7.1-3/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/licenses-20140629-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/lzo-2.09-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/python2-pyqt5-5.5.1-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qtchooser-53-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/taglib-1.10-3/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/texlive-core-2015.38835-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/texlive-langjapanese-2015.38810-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/texlive-langkorean-2015.38727-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/texlive-music-2015.38340-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/texlive-plainextra-2015.38696-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/unrar-1:5.3.4-2/desc: No such file or directory
looking for conflicting packages...

after that, the system fails to upgrade.

I already tried

 sudo pacman -S qt 

but it only produces more errors

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#2 2016-01-19 05:26:27

ooo
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Re: can't apply update

wilmerhenao wrote:

Also, my system has been very slow over the past few days.

This makes me think your filesystem(s) could be full..

do the unopenable files (e.g. /var/lib/pacman/local/qt5-sensors-5.5.1-6/desc) actually exist on the filesystem, and are they readable?

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#3 2016-01-19 05:56:14

wilmerhenao
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Re: can't apply update

Thanks for the response. I don't think this is the problem though.

[wilmer@archie Dropbox]$ ls /var/lib/pacman/local/qt5-sensors-5.5.1-6
ls: reading directory /var/lib/pacman/local/qt5-sensors-5.5.1-6: Input/output error
[wilmer@archie Dropbox]$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev             7.9G     0  7.9G   0% /dev
run             7.9G  820K  7.9G   1% /run
/dev/sda2       2.6T  1.9T  650G  75% /
tmpfs           7.9G  128M  7.8G   2% /dev/shm
tmpfs           7.9G     0  7.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs           7.9G  176K  7.9G   1% /tmp
/dev/sda1        92G   87M   87G   1% /boot
tmpfs           1.6G  4.0K  1.6G   1% /run/user/1001

Something is using my memory. Big time. When I run htop Mem shows the whole bar.

Last edited by wilmerhenao (2016-01-19 06:01:19)

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#4 2016-01-19 05:58:14

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Re: can't apply update

wilmerhenao wrote:
[wilmer@archie Dropbox]$ ls /var/lib/pacman/local/qt5-sensors-5.5.1-6
ls: reading directory /var/lib/pacman/local/qt5-sensors-5.5.1-6: Input/output error

That looks bad. You may have a failing disk or a corrupted database.


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#5 2016-01-19 06:06:20

wilmerhenao
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Re: can't apply update

Oh. I see. A quick google search seems to confirm that my system is about to die.

The good thing is that I already have everything backed up. Should I just replace the hard drive or you think this is calling for a new machine?

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#6 2016-01-19 06:07:16

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Re: can't apply update

Well, I don't know about the condition of the rest of your machine, but ordinarily you would just replace the disk.


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#7 2016-01-19 06:40:10

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Re: can't apply update

Do you really have 92G for /boot, or is something really screwed up there, too? If this involves more than one filesystem, I would definitely be looking at replacing the drive.

Last edited by Scimmia (2016-01-19 06:42:29)

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#8 2016-01-19 14:33:36

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Re: can't apply update

Failing drive was my second guess as well..

I'd run memtest a few times, and if it passes just fine, I'd be confident the machine is still in shape (apart from the disk) and just replace the hard drive.

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