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dspacejs
Asked: 2015-08-22 03:08:36 +0800 CST

System updates are broken

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I'm not exactly sure what the problem is, but I can't update Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I also have this error showing up: (it's transparent because I screenshotted just before the drop-down closed)

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When I click...

  • Show updates it asks if I want to download new software updates in the Software Updater program; however when I proceed it doesn't do anything.
  • Install all updates I receive an error saying I don't have permissions with: org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.Error.Failed: ('system-bus-name', {'name': ':1.140'}): org.debian.apt.upgrade-packages
  • Check for updates I receive an error saying I don't have permissions with: org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.Error.Failed: ('system-bus-name', {'name': ':1.142'}): org.debian.apt.update-cache
  • Start package manager nothing happens

If I try to open the package manager from the GUI, nothing happens either.

When I run sudo apt-get update I receive no errors.

When I run sudo apt-get autoclean I receive no errors.

When I run sudo apt-get upgrade it first says:

0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 258 not to upgrade.
1 not fully installed or removed.

It then says:

Setting up brltty (5.0-2ubuntu3) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults
insserv: Service mountkernfs has to be enabled to start service brltty insserv: exiting now!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing package brltty (--configure):
    subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu8) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-46-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
    brltty
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

When I run sudo apt-get autoremove I receive the following errors:

0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 258 not to upgrade.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up brltty (5.0-2ubuntu3) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults
insserv: Service mountkernfs has to be enabled to start service brltty
insserv: exiting now!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing package brltty (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu8) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-46-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
   brltty
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I have no clue why this is happening. How can I fix it?

EDIT: It looks like I can't access my HDD either with this error Not authorized to perform operation. Ubuntu is installed on my SSD, so it shouldn't affect it; but it could help diagnose the problem.

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