Python broken

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Since a few days I am not able to run my own python scrips on a rPI2 running OSMC, version 2017.04-1 . If I try to execute just python from /usr/bin I get this errormessage

/usr/bin/python: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

It happens after update running apt-get

i am quite newbie on both osmc and linux , so I am not sure how to proceed here.

I’ll apreciate any help.

Thanks

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First step could be providing logs via grab-logs -A

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Thanks for the quick response.

I get this:

/usr/bin/python2: 1: /usr/bin/python2: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting “)”)

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Ok, forgot that we use python to do that :slight_smile:

Try cat /var/log/apt/term.log | paste-log

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Here is the log:

https://paste.osmc.tv/ziyerimova

Last successful run of my scripts was May 9 at 23:00 and the next one, scheduled at Midnight failed.

Thanks !

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Your SD card is corrupted.

Check the card and reinstall OSMC.

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Reinstall? Again? I did it one month ago… :frowning:

Thanks, :slight_smile:

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Hi,

If you haven’t already, it may be time to replace the SD card.

Thanks Tom.

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You shouldn’t need to reinstall regularly. It sounds like you have a hardware problem.

It seems like your SD card may be problematic.

Some SD cards are not genuine or have a lower capacity than advertised. Some simply fail over time.

Symptoms of SD cards not working correctly are:

  • Read-only behaviour, or changes made not persisting
  • A filesystem corruption error

Symptoms of counterfeit SD cards are:

  • Writing works until a certain filesystem size is reached, thereafter, writes seem to cause issues where existing data is lost or newly written data is not preserved.
  • SD card fails after a short amount of time.

Counterfeit cards are usually found on Amazon and eBay.

SD cards have a limited lifespan. I recommend you change SD card and suspect that issues will no longer persist with a good card. If you would like to be a good quality SD card purpose manufactured for OSMC, then you can find one in the Store.

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I reinstalled because osmc raised errors updating, so
… Sounds like I need a New SD.

Thanks people.

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Get the OSMC one, happy days.