dpkg crashing while trying to install a package

Posted by Jonathan on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Jonathan
Published on 2012-08-29T20:50:11Z Indexed on 2012/08/29 21:51 UTC
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While attempting to install a package via apt-get the following. The first error I get is:

    E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

And, if I run that command the box spins out of control and I get the following in /var/log/syslog

Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398546] ------------[ cut here ]------------
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398552] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-3.0.0/arch/x86/xen/multicalls.c:182 xen_mc_flush+01c0()
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398561] Modules linked in: acpiphp
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398568] Pid: 31063, comm: java Tainted: G      D W   3.0.0-14-virtual #23-Ubuntu
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398576] Call Trace:
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398580]  [<c0648265>] ? printk+0x2d/0x2f
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398586]  [<c0150462>] warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0xa0
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398593]  [<c0104883>] ? xen_mc_flush+0x1b3/0x1c0
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398599]  [<c0104883>] ? xen_mc_flush+0x1b3/0x1c0
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398605]  [<c01504b2>] warn_slowpath_null+0x22/0x30
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398611]  [<c0104883>] xen_mc_flush+0x1b3/0x1c0
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398617]  [<c0104e7a>] ? xen_extend_mmu_update+0x4a/0x70
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398624]  [<c0106565>] xen_set_pud_hyper+0x75/0x80
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398630]  [<c01065b9>] xen_set_pud+0x49/0x60
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398636]  [<c0132105>] pud_populate+0x45/0x60
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398642]  [<c0208a24>] __pmd_alloc+0x74/0x90
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398648]  [<c0208cb7>] handle_mm_fault+0x277/0x2c0
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.398655]  [<c065f45b>] do_page_fault+0x15b/0x4a0
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.401923]  [<c020ba24>] ? remove_vma+0x44/0x60
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.401923]  [<c020d9b6>] ? sys_mmap_pgoff+0x106/0x1c0
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.401923]  [<c065f300>] ? vmalloc_fault+0x190/0x190
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.401923]  [<c065c79f>] error_code+0x67/0x6c
Aug 29 20:21:08 ip-10-202-191-4 kernel: [20571563.401923] ---[ end trace 0b105e2a179ad013 ]---

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