I chmod the permissions on /var/lib/dpkg to rwxrwxrwx and was able to use the updater. However, I forgot to make a note of the original permissions on dpkg.
Everything seems to be working great, now. If you could, would you please send me what the default permissions for dpkg should be? I'm sorry that I took this long to follow up on this bug. -Mike PS. I am not using selinux or anything like it; the output of ls -l on status is as follows: > $ ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/status > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2827901 2010-05-07 08:04 /var/lib/dpkg/status > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Michael Vogt <michael.v...@ubuntu.com>wrote: > Thanks for your bugreport. > > Can you please attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade ? This will > help us diagnose the problem. > > Can you also please run: > $ ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/status ? > > Do you use anything special like selinux? > > Thanks, > Michael > > -- > update-manager throws exception rather than running > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572002 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: update-manager > > I am using Ubuntu 9.10 - the Karmic Koala. > > When I attempt to run update-manager the following message is displayed: > > "Could not initialize the package information > > An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package > information. > > Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the > following error message: > > 'E:Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (13: Permission denied), > E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'" > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/572002/+subscribe > -- update-manager throws exception rather than running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572002 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
