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Thread: System messed up after enabling DVD playback.


a friend running ubuntu 9.10 asked me how enable dvd playback. directed him to link, , told him use these commands:
code:
sudo apt-get install libdvdread4  sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
he tried this, , ran problems:
i ran problem... entered "apt-get" command above , got nfs-common error. can add/remove programs, update out seeing errors occuring. looked bug on ubuntuforums.org, don't quite see how "fix" installed. there way go date when error didn't occur? or there way have errors evaluated (system check) fixes recommended?
i asked him copy of error, , sent me these:

code:
here copy of listing details of error message while attempting openoffice's data management (like ms access)  --------------------------    adding system user `statd' (uid 116) ...  adding new user `statd' (uid 116) group `nogroup' ...  useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.  adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/lib/nfs -g nogroup -s /bin/false -u 116 statd' returned error code 1. exiting.  dpkg: error processing nfs-common (--configure):  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nfs-kernel-server:  nfs-kernel-server depends on nfs-common (>= 1:1.0.8-1); however:  package nfs-common not configured yet.  dpkg: error processing nfs-kernel-server (--configure):  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured  setting libservlet2.4-java (5.0.30-8ubuntu3) ...  no apport report written because error message indicates followup error previous failure.  setting libhsqldb-java (1.8.0.10-2ubuntu1) ...    setting openoffice.org-java-common (1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1) ...    setting openoffice.org-base (1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1) ...    errors encountered while processing:  nfs-common  nfs-kernel-server
and

code:
here complete text error after entering...  [his name]@[his name]-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install libdvdread4  [sudo] password todd:   reading package lists... done  building dependency tree   reading state information... done  libdvdread4 newest version.  libdvdread4 set manually installed.  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 remove , 0 not upgraded.  2 not installed or removed.  after operation, 0b of additional disk space used.  setting nfs-common (1:1.2.0-2ubuntu8) ...  adding system user `statd' (uid 116) ...  adding new user `statd' (uid 116) group `nogroup' ...  useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.  adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/lib/nfs -g nogroup -s /bin/false -u 116 statd' returned error code 1. exiting.  dpkg: error processing nfs-common (--configure):  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nfs-kernel-server:  nfs-kernel-server depends on nfs-common (>= 1:1.0.8-1); however:  package nfs-common not configured yet.  dpkg: error processing nfs-kernel-server (--configure):  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured  no apport report written because error message indicates followup error previous failure.  errors encountered while processing:  nfs-common  nfs-kernel-server  e: sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned error code (1)
all bit beyond knowledge of ubuntu. idea what's going on?

if not enough information figure out, can let me know need?


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