package manager failure

[vispi]

i get the following result on trying to launch synaptic package manager gui



E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (116 Stale NFS file handle)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.



help.........
how do i get about this problem

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Execute this

sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get update

Post exact error message here, if any.

[vispi]

the result is as follows:


Fetched 207kB in 8s (25.4kB/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2 No such file or directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.




i could not past the whole of the thing as it had urls in it....hope it helps......i'm new to linux environment and the terminal interface....
thnx for helping in advance...

[devils casper]

Execute this

ls /var/lib/dpkg/status*

Post output here.

[vispi]

ls: cannot access /var/lib/dpkg/status*: No such file or directory

i executed command as root....still the same thing..

[devils casper]

Execute this

cd /var/lib/dpkg
sudo mv status status.bak
sudo mv status.old status
sudo apt-get update

[vispi]

mv: cannot stat `status': No such file or directory

mv: cannot stat `status.old': No such file or directory


this is the result i'm getting.......
sorry for troubling soooo much ...but i cant figure out wats wrong....

[devils casper]

Post the output of this

ls /var/lib/dpkg

[vispi]

output


alternatives cmethopt info statoverride updates
available diversions lock statoverride-old
available-old diversions-old parts triggers

[vispi]

welll............
ubuntu now refuses to startup........freezes in boot screen.......
if anyone has any idea other than reinstallation....plz help........
is jaunty good enough to replace intrepid??or is more or less the same...??
@ devils casper thanx for ur help........