apt-get update problem

[Csordi]

I can't update my A13 debian. Any ideas ? This is not A13 related problem. But i am a linux noob and I can not figure out what is the solution.

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root@debian:~# uname -a
Linux debian 3.0.52+ #5 PREEMPT Thu Mar 14 14:28:53 EET 2013 armv7l GNU/Linux
root@debian:~# apt-get update
Ign http://ftp.uk.debian.org wheezy InRelease
Get:1 http://ftp.uk.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg [1,655 B]
Get:2 http://ftp.uk.debian.org wheezy Release [168 kB]
Err http://ftp.uk.debian.org wheezy Release

Fetched 1,656 B in 0s (4,078 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://ftp.uk.debian.org wheezy Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 8B48AD6246925553 NO_PUBKEY 6FB2A1C265FFB764

W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/Release

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
root@debian:~#


[catlazer]

It seems you don't have the public keys for the APT repos installed.

Try:

apt-get install debian-archive-keyring

It will probably complain that you are about to install an unsigned package, but continue anyway.

After that run

apt-get clean && apt-get update


And hopefully you are back in the room!

Also you can import the public keys from non-standard APT repos using the apt-key utility.

See this post:

http://blog.edseek.com/archives/2007/03/17/apt-key-gpg-key-import-on-ubuntu-and-debian/

[Csordi]

Thank you! Now i can run apt-get upgrade. Unfortunately it is stopped. Input/output error... Maybe much easier to format the SD card and install the latest A13 debian image to the blank SD card. I never imagined the debian upgrade is such difficult.

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Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 82729 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace debianutils 4.3 (using .../debianutils_4.3.2_armhf.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement debianutils ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/debianutils_4.3.2_armhf.deb (--unpack):
unable to stat `./usr/share/man/de/man8/remove-shell.8.gz' (which I was about to install): Input/output error
Processing triggers for man-db ...
/usr/bin/mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/de/man8/apt-get.8.gz: Permission denied
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/debianutils_4.3.2_armhf.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@debian:
root@debian:/etc/apt# df
Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs           3736280 2202256   1344228  63% /
/dev/root        3736280 2202256   1344228  63% /
devtmpfs          165100       0    165100   0% /dev
tmpfs              33040     208     32832   1% /run
tmpfs               5120       0      5120   0% /run/lock
tmpfs              66076       0     66076   0% /tmp
tmpfs              66076       0     66076   0% /run/shm


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Update:

I tried the new linux image : Video/headless A13 Debian Image, R18 (which is not debian at all rather Ubuntu)
Install.... Setting the Wifi... and let's see the apt-get update and upgrade:

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olinuxino@ubuntu:/$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  lava-tool
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Setting up cpufreqd (2.4.2-1) ...
* Starting CPU Frequency daemon cpufreqd                                       *** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/sbin/cpufreqd terminated
Aborted
invoke-rc.d: initscript cpufreqd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing cpufreqd (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 134
Errors were encountered while processing:
cpufreqd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
olinuxino@ubuntu:/$


No luck. Now buffer overflow error.


Update 2 :

If anyone is interested in:

apt-get remove cpufreqd is solved my problem (Video/headless A13 Debian Image, R18)
Now my system is up to date.

[catlazer]

My guess is that certain software packages require features built into the Linux kernel, which might not be present in an "off the shelf" kernel.
You would need to roll-your-own kernel to include the missing features (if indeed the A13 processor can support the feature in question).

E.g. I noticed the kernel I use (which was supplied in the Olimex image) doesn't support "stateful packet inspection" for IPtables which means the package Shorewall cannot run.

I might be wrong in your case, though ...