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I installed preload on a fresh system and I get the following error:

[Sun Sep  1 08:59:15 2013] loading conf from /etc/preload.conf
[Sun Sep  1 08:59:15 2013] loading state from /var/lib/preload/preload.state 
[Sun Sep  1 08:59:15 2013] failed reading state from /var/lib/preload/preload.state: line 14491:invalid tag
[Sun Sep  1 08:59:15 2013] Exiting
[Sun Sep  1 12:16:29 2013] loading conf from /etc/preload.conf
[Sun Sep  1 12:16:29 2013] loading state from /var/lib/preload/preload.state
[Sun Sep  1 12:16:29 2013] failed reading state from /var/lib/preload/preload.state: line 14491:invalid tag
[Sun Sep  1 12:16:29 2013] Exiting

How can I get preload working? (I need it for better performance.)

Eliah Kagan
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try to remove preload with:

sudo apt-get purge preload

check if the /var/lib/preload/preload.state file is still there. If so remove it:

sudo rm /var/lib/preload/preload.state

then reinstall

sudo apt-get install preload
Cubiq
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  • nO THIS DID Not work for me. see log output below 'code' [Mon Sep 2 21:28:09 2013] loading conf from /etc/preload.conf [Mon Sep 2 21:28:09 2013] loading state from /var/lib/preload/preload.state [Mon Sep 2 21:28:09 2013] cannot open /var/lib/preload/preload.state for reading, ignoring: No such file or directory [Mon Sep 2 21:34:05 2013] loading conf from /etc/preload.conf [Mon Sep 2 21:34:05 2013] loading state from /var/lib/preload/preload.state [Mon Sep 2 21:34:05 2013] cannot open /var/lib/preload/preload.state for reading, ignoring: No such file or directory – Kanhiya Sep 03 '13 at 07:38
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    After some trial, it worked, don't know how i did it, may be reboot s, but your idea worked this time. – Kanhiya Nov 10 '13 at 13:49