The graphical installer uses packagekit. This doesn't close when you close the installer. So if you want to use opkg after having used the installer, run "killall packagekit" first.
Peter Op Saturday 09 August 2008 06:03:32 schreef Nathan Kinkade: > Installed the Om2008.8 images announced today and so far I'm very > impressed. I think this is probably good enough for me to start using > the Freerunner as my daily mobile device. > > However, I just ran into a small issue that I thought I'd post here in > case someone else runs across it. To test the graphical installer > app, I launched it and installed something ... it worked nicely. I > then went to a terminal to install something else but I was getting > this message: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# opkg list > Collected errors: > * Could not obtain administrative lock > > I then found this thread: > http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-td680875 > > I expected my problem to be the same, but it wasn't: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# fuser /usr/lib/opkg/lock > 1872 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ps up 1872 > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND > root 1872 11.7 2.4 16732 2976 ? S<Lsl 19:25 9:07 > /usr/bin/pulseaudio <sniped> > > I have no idea what pulseaudio was doing with opkg ... maybe updating > itself or some component? Anyway, maybe this will help someone else. > > Nathan > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
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