On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 06:54:38PM -0700, Mike Shepherd wrote: > # apt-get install uucp > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following NEW packages will be installed: > uucp > 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (22 Invalid argument) > E: Unable to lock the download directory > > [root@generic:pts/0-1!/var/cache/apt/archives] > # mount > /dev/hda5 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro) > proc on /proc type proc (rw) > devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) > 192.168.2.15:/home on /home type nfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,rsize=8192,wsize=81 > 92,addr=192.168.2.15) > 192.168.2.15:/var/cache/apt/archives on /var/cache/apt/archives type nfs (rw,noe > xec,nosuid,nodev,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,addr=192.168.2.15)
This sounds like an NFS locking problem. It will surely happen if you try to use `dpkg` (either through `apt-get`, or not) on both machines at the same time. Otherwise, it may be an NFS server problem, or a kernerl problem (regarding NFS locking support). Someone knows something more prcise? -- Pav -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]