[mythtv-users] Ubuntu/Mythbuntu update problem

[Bill Meek]

On 05/17/2012 05:16 PM, Damian wrote:
...
> Here's the response to that command:
>
> $ dpkg -l libva-x11-1
> dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 77904 package 'virtualbox-3.0':
> error in Version string '3.0.14-58977_Ubuntu_karmic': invalid character in revision number
...
> ii libva-x11-1 1.0.15-4 Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux -- X11
...
> strings `locate -b '\mythbackend'` | grep '0.2[3-5]'
...
> v0.25-84-g9ccfac1
>
> Does that get us any closer?

Sorry, no. The version of libva-x11-1 matches mine and the
backend at least has the v0.25-84... line.

At the very least, your status files looks stomped on. That gets
back to you original post of a failed (partial) upgrade. I did
google and see this if you want to try:

  http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?s=4b6cd598b367c4c5bfdc1961f2e61c4e&p=10226999&postcount=2

One more question:

Are you running a virtual machine (virtualbox 3.0)?

If you're in danger of losing your family, then since the root cause of
the problem isn't known yet (disk failure/upgrade failure/high tides)
then, yes I agree a fresh install is looking much quicker.

-- 
Bill