My guess Pete is that maybe you have netscape open already and you need to
close every window of it down first before you can continue the
installation.
De Salty1
----- Original Message -----
From: pete moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 12:36 PM
Subject: [newbie] cannot get shared lock on database in MandrakeUpdate
> i tried using makndrake update to get any new stuff for my 6.1 system.
> i got and installed the new kernal as well as virc. no problems with
> either. however, when i tried to get the new netscape, it crashed with
> the error 'cannot get shared lock on database'. is there a lock file i
> need to remove or can i install the netscape rpms manually (if so, where
> are they on my system?)?
>
> thanks
>
>
> :P
