[SOLVED] Synaptic not running

[DPool]

I am using a recent upgrade to 23.2 and everything has been working just fine (at least as far as the packages and tools I've used to date)....except, just now, Symantic. It wouldn't boot up from any of the GUI ways so I tried it via the terminal to see what was (or wasn't) going on, and I saw this:

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terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Xapian::DataBaseCorruptError'
Aborted

Any thoughts here? Thanks!

[j2mcgreg]

We are going to need your computer’s complete profile before we can proceed, so you need to post the output from the QSI utility. The Quick System Info (QSI) utility is located in MX Tools and its output is automatically formatted for use here in the forum. Run the QSI utility, click “Copy for Forum” at the bottom and then just paste it here in your thread.
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[DPool]

Apologies....

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System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-27-amd64 [5.10.205-2] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-27-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower April 9  2022 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 80LX v: Lenovo FLEX 3-1120 serial: <filter> 
           Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo FLEX 3-1120 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: Mini v: SDK0J40700WIN serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO v: C0CN31WW 
           date: 07/30/2015 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 17.4 Wh (71.6%) condition: 24.3/28.5 Wh (85.3%) volts: 7.7 min: 8.4 
           model: SANYO L14S2P21 type: Unknown serial: <filter> status: Discharging cycles: 16 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Celeron N2840 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Silvermont 
           family: 6 model-id: 37 (55) stepping: 8 microcode: 838 cache: L2: 1024 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 8666 
           Speed: 1244 MHz min/max: 500/2582 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1244 2: 810 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected 
           Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled, 
           RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display vendor: Lenovo 
           driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f31 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Realtek Lenovo EasyCamera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-3:3 
           chip-ID: 0bda:57c5 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 136 size: 256x144mm (10.1x5.7") 
           diag: 294mm (11.6") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (BYT) v: 4.2 Mesa 20.3.5 compat-v: 3.0 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio 
           vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f04 
           class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-27-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo 
           driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 1000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl port: 1000 
           bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b4 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
           bus-ID: 1-4.1:5 chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 6 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0 
           sub-v: f00 hci-v: 4.0 rev: f00 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:5 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 11.34 GiB (2.4%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST500LT012-1DG142 size: 465.76 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 
           serial: <filter> rev: LVM1 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 90.99 GiB size: 89.01 GiB (97.82%) used: 11.3 GiB (12.7%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda8 maj-min: 8:8 
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%) used: 41.6 MiB (16.3%) 
           fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2040 lib: 998 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bluemail.list 
           1: deb https://packages.bluemail.me/repos/debian ./
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ bullseye main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/librewolf.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.librewolf.net bullseye main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/softmaker.list 
           1: deb http://shop.softmaker.com/repo/apt stable non-free
Info:      Processes: 245 Uptime: 44m wakeups: 5 Memory: 3.71 GiB used: 910.2 MiB (23.9%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: UEFI

[dolphin_oracle]

you can try removing the contents of /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.1

the files should get rebuilt on next launch of synaptic.

[j2mcgreg]

Your lack of a swap partition is cause for concern. There are a lot of folks touting the idea that with enough ram available you can forgo creating a swap partition or file, but the reality is that some applications still expect it to be there (even though it may never be used) and can give unpredictable results when swap space is not present. The good news is that you can add a swap file at any time and here’s how:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/ ... -debian-11

[DPool]

you can try removing the contents of /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.1

the files should get rebuilt on next launch of synaptic.

Believe it or not...at least as far as Thunar goes (I don't trust my very limited command of...commands), in the right-click generated options available for that content, Delete is among the choices that are dimmed out.

[Eadwine Rose]

That is likely because you are in there as regular user and you need to be root for that. "Open root thunar here" :)

[DPool]

That is likely because you are in there as regular user and you need to be root for that. "Open root thunar here" :)

Indeed. That much terminal I can do! And, @dolphin_oracle, once that content was deleted, all was good again! Thanks!

Is there anything in particular that might've caused this problem to begin with? Anything to be aware of?

[Charlie Brown]

Next time you can do this (if you like)

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sudo rm /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.1/*

:)

[DPool]

Next time you can do this (if you like)

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sudo rm /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.1/*

:)

Thanks! It's now in this thread which I can search for the next time. But the question stands: will there be a next time? And, if so, why?