On 4/16/07, bgschaid_lists at ice-sf.at <bgschaid_lists at ice-sf.at> wrote: > > Just an update and an additional question concerning this: > > >>>>> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:53:34 +0200 > >>>>> "bl" == bgschaid lists <bgschaid_lists at ice-sf.at> wrote: > > bl> Hi! > > bl> I'm having a problem upgrading an existing 4.4 installation to > bl> 5.0. > > bl> - The machine is a x86_64 architecture - I'm upgrading from a > bl> DVD - I've used the same DVD to sucessfully upgrade another > bl> machine (therefor I'm pretty sure that it is OK) - The error > bl> occurs on both DVD-drives on the machine (therefor I think its > bl> not a problem with a particular DVD-drive) > > bl> I'm clicking through the upgrade dialogs. Then the machine > bl> prepares to install the packages. At the end of this a > bl> dialog-box appears: > > bl> Error running transaction There was an error running your > bl> transaction for the following reason(s): > > bl> Apart from that text there is only a Reboot-button (no > bl> explanation) > > bl> On the other virtual terminals there is nothing unusual (last > bl> line in Ctrl+Alt+F3 is "Preparing to install packages") > > bl> The /root/upgrade.log is empty. > > bl> My guess is that there might be some packages that offend the > bl> installer (there are some non-standard packages on the > bl> machine, don't shout at me: I know that's bad (amongst them a > bl> 32-bit firefox)). Is there a way to find out which packages > bl> are the bad ones? > > bl> Any tips would be most welcome. Thanks > > bl> PS: What I'm trying right now is removing the worst offenders > bl> and retry the upgrade procedure in text mode. > > Text modus doesn't help > > Stupid question: is it possible that the reason for this error message > is that the estimated size of all the packages that are to be updated > (3.2 Gig) is bigger than the remaining free space on the root > partition (2.5 Gig)? > It could be, but it is supposed to trigger an exception telling you need more space on the system (and how much). I have run into the same problem, and it might be a similar issue as the box only had 1.2 GB free and was updating 3.2 gb of data.. I am trying to figure out how to get a break set to get a better idea on the erorr. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"