[ubuntu-za] Update broken - any ideas?

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On 20 January 2014 18:16, Frans de waal <meesterarend at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes using the du -hs comand help me with finding the space hogs, free up
> some space by cleaning out your cahe folders and. Old log files... samba
> was a big culprit with me on the logs... then try again.
>
> Frans de Waal
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> want dit is Hý wat laat groei.
> 1 Korintiërs 3:7
> On Jan 20, 2014 4:31 PM, "Zabear" <zabear1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> since 18 jan I have a problem updating. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
>> After updating on the 18th I got an error message.
>>
>> the error message is the following: It is impossible to install or remove
>> any software.
>> Run 'sudo apt-get install -f in terminal'
>>
>> I did
>> messages came back:
>> 'dpkg was interrupted - manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a'
>>
>> I did
>> message came back
>> 'error: failed to open '/var/lib/dpkg/status' for writing status database
>> no space left on device'
>>
>> but there are gigabites of space
>>
>> it seems as if it is trying to find a new device called /dev/sr0 , in
>> directory /media/DSL-275OU of type iso9660  which has apparently 124,5MiB
>> but 0 bytes free.
>>
>> I do not have such a device such as /dev/sr0      !
>>
>> But now I cannot update and I struggle to open files.
>>
>> Any advice?
>>
>> Rusty
>>
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/dev/sr0 is usually a CD/DVD drive which would be readonly (0 bytes free).
It looks like it is mounted under /media as DSL-275OU.
Try ejecting any cd's then check your sources to see if you have a CD
enabled (starts with "deb cdrom:...") and uncheck/disable it if there is
(can be re-enabled later if you need it).
Run sudo apt-get update in a terminal and see if you still get the error.
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