I was able to restore my system, through some luck and noodling with a terminal session. I haven't run the Scalpel program, which eventually led to the reported problem, since the problem surfaced.
-- package dasher (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/bin/dasher' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/628251 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
