libc shared lib problem

[85776]

Hi,
I installed Linux XFCE 6. Then I installed some applications after that I receive this message when trying to install/remove by apt:

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/usr/bin/dpkg: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so&6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


(strange the filename "libc.so&6"...)

I have been having trouble in general with this distro (segfaults in exaile, firefox). I starting to suspect that I have some error in my hard disk on I/O, but I ran a gparted tool to test the filesystem and all was ok. Additional question to this post? what other tool rather than test disk (I think is used by gparted) I can run to find errors in my hard drive?

Returning to the point, I couldn't fix the dpkg problem with any apt-get utility like apt-get install -f, dpkg --reconfigure -a. Always got the same error.

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ls -l /lib/libc*

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1315024 2009-01-29 08:23 libc-2.8.90.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      14 2009-04-21 11:34 libc6.so -> libc-2.8.90.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      14 2009-04-16 13:58 libcap.so.1 -> libcap.so.1.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   10316 2007-07-31 16:20 libcap.so.1.10
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      14 2009-04-16 13:58 libcap.so.2 -> libcap.so.2.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   13792 2008-06-12 10:39 libcap.so.2.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  185820 2009-01-29 08:23 libcidn-2.8.90.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      17 2009-04-18 21:57 libcidn.so.1 -> libcidn-2.8.90.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      17 2009-04-16 13:58 libcom_err.so.2 -> libcom_err.so.2.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    9576 2008-10-13 10:09 libcom_err.so.2.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   38300 2009-01-29 08:23 libcrypt-2.8.90.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      18 2009-04-18 21:57 libcrypt.so.1 -> libcrypt-2.8.90.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      14 2009-04-18 21:57 libc.so.6 -> libc-2.8.90.so



Could it be generated when turning on the ubuntu repositories or installing the meta package mint-meta-gnome?
I wait for some help/suggestions (remember I can't of any form add/remove/update software cause of the error in any call to dpkg).
Thank You, and sorry for some mistake (first post, native Spanish lang).
bye!

[Husse]

I'm not sure what has gone wrong, but it is obvious that a character too many has made its way into some file (the &)

test disk (I think is used by gparted)

Nope - the tool to check disks is fsck - and it can only be used on unmounted disks - if you start it on a mounted disk you will suffer severe data loss
There is however an excellent tool in the repositories called testdisk which might help you with your disk
I can tell you that there is very little problems with the XFCE edition

[85776]

Thank you!
I give this post as solved because I ran memtest86 and it was one of the 1gb module of memory that had aprox. 22 mb of memory damaged. I removed it and now I have a stable system unlike the speed.
extra:
Additionally, I tried compiling a Kernel with BadRam support but it didn't work when I passed some memory address parameter to the grub command line (kernel initialization errors) , it seems my error pattern of memory changes in each memtest, but always there is a common initial number of error start, so I got confused.

When apropiate, I will buy another memory module.
thanks

[Husse]

Ah - when placed in memory the
/usr/bin/dpkg
ended up located in bad memory
This shows how difficult it can be to solve supposed software problems