I'm using ntfs-3g without problems under Lenny 2.6.20 and 2.6.21.5 but since
a week ago I'm having problems with the package fuse-utils ( what makes
impossible to upgrade my system, having already 228 packages not upgraded),
and I'm not able to do anything. No upgrade, nor remove, nothing.

My packages:
Manhattan:~# dpkg -l | grep fuse-utils
rFR fuse-utils 2.6.3-2
Filesystem in USErspace (utilities)
Manhattan:~# dpkg -l | grep libfuse2
rc libfuse2 2.6.3-2
Filesystem in USErspace library
Manhattan:/var/www/teste# dpkg -l | grep ntfs-3g
rc libntfs-3g0 0.0.0+20061031-6
ntfs-3g filesystem in userspace (FUSE) libra
rc ntfs-3g 0.0.0+20061031-6
read-write NTFS driver for FUSE
==================
The output of a remove try:

The following packages will be REMOVED:
fuse-utils
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 228 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 201kB will be freed.
Writing extended state information... Done
dpkg: error processing fuse-utils (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
fuse-utils
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

I also asked on ntfs-3g forum, and the project leader sais thats not a
ntfs-3g issue, to try Debian foruns.
http://forum.ntfs-3g.org/viewtopic.php?t=548

Does anyone know what can I do do solve it please?

Thanx

tombs

tombs wrote:
> rFR fuse-utils 2.6.3-2 Filesystem in USErspace (utilities)

The "rFR" means removed, Failed-config, Reinst-required.

> dpkg: error processing fuse-utils (--remove):
> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> reinstall it before attempting a removal.

That seems reasonable. Please do that.

> Does anyone know what can I do do solve it please?

Try doing exactly what the error message suggested. Try reinstalling
the package. That should get things back into a consistent state.

sudo apt-get install --reinstall fuse-utils

Bob


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Bob

Thanks for your reply!
Well, I cannot do anything with this package. I really don't understand.


Manhattan:/home/tombs# aptitude purge fuse-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
fuse-utils{p}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 232 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 201kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
dpkg: error processing fuse-utils (--purge):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
fuse-utils
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
===================================
Manhattan:/home/tombs# aptitude reinstall fuse-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
fuse-utils
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 232
not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Error!
E: I wasn't able to locate file for the fuse-utils package. This might mean
you need to manually fix this package.
E: Couldn't lock list directory..are you root?
====================================
Manhattan:/home/tombs# aptitude install fuse-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
libfuse2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libfuse2
The following packages will be upgraded:
fuse-utils
1 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 232 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/118kB of archives. After unpacking 131kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
dpkg: error processing fuse-utils (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
fuse-utils
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:


Do you have any other idea please?


On 6/16/07, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
>
> tombs wrote:
> > rFR fuse-utils 2.6.3-2 Filesystem in USErspace (utilities)
>
> The "rFR" means removed, Failed-config, Reinst-required.
>
> > dpkg: error processing fuse-utils (--remove):
> > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> > reinstall it before attempting a removal.
>
> That seems reasonable. Please do that.
>
> > Does anyone know what can I do do solve it please?
>
> Try doing exactly what the error message suggested. Try reinstalling
> the package. That should get things back into a consistent state.
>
> sudo apt-get install --reinstall fuse-utils
>
> Bob
>
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tombs wrote:
> Manhattan:/home/tombs# aptitude reinstall fuse-utils

The '#' in the prompt causes me to assume that you are root.

> The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
> fuse-utils
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 232 not upgraded.

Good.

> Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> Writing extended state information... Error!
> E: I wasn't able to locate file for the fuse-utils package. This might mean
> you need to manually fix this package.
> E: Couldn't lock list directory..are you root?

Root can't create a lock? Are you running SElinux? If so then
apparently the security policy layer is not adequately configured.
With selinux active root might not be the superuser and might not have
full system superuser permissions.

> Do you have any other idea please?

I am hoping that you say that yes you are running selinux and that
disabling it at least briefly allows this operation to complete. :-)

If that is not the case then I would force it at the dpkg level. The
'dpkg' command has several "force" options to deal with specific
problem situations such as this one. The force option that applies
here is --force-remove-reinstreq. If all else has failed, and I think
you are at that point, then try this:

dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq fuse-utils

Bob


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Well, was my mistake!
I didn't know that I should umount the partition that is used by fuse. :-S
Now is running goed.
And, just to inform, I'm using Debian testing(lenny) with a 2.6.21.5 kernel.
Thanks for ing...

tombs

On 6/18/07, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
>
> tombs wrote:
> > Manhattan:/home/tombs# aptitude reinstall fuse-utils
>
> The '#' in the prompt causes me to assume that you are root.
>
> > The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
> > fuse-utils
> > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and
> 232 not upgraded.
>
> Good.
>
> > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> > Writing extended state information... Error!
> > E: I wasn't able to locate file for the fuse-utils package. This might
> mean
> > you need to manually fix this package.
> > E: Couldn't lock list directory..are you root?
>
> Root can't create a lock? Are you running SElinux? If so then
> apparently the security policy layer is not adequately configured.
> With selinux active root might not be the superuser and might not have
> full system superuser permissions.
>
> > Do you have any other idea please?
>
> I am hoping that you say that yes you are running selinux and that
> disabling it at least briefly allows this operation to complete. :-)
>
> If that is not the case then I would force it at the dpkg level. The
> 'dpkg' command has several "force" options to deal with specific
> problem situations such as this one. The force option that applies
> here is --force-remove-reinstreq. If all else has failed, and I think
> you are at that point, then try this:
>
> dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq fuse-utils
>
> Bob
>
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 05:48:31PM +0200, tombs <tombs2000@gmail.com> was heard to say:
> E: I wasn't able to locate file for the fuse-utils package. This might mean
> you need to manually fix this package.
> E: Couldn't lock list directory..are you root?

If you're using aptitude 0.4.4-4 (which you probably are in lenny),
you should be warned that when this version encounters an error at
certain points in the install process, it prints totally spurious
errors about being unable to lock the list directory.

The real error here is the previous line: fuse-utils is in a bad,
inconsistent state. You can probably fix it by running dpkg -i on
the deb by hand.

Daniel


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