[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
After attempting upgrade today I had several errors with mysql, cups, and dpkg in general. It all seems to be caused by the following error: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable I also noticed the same error in syslog (or .xsession-errors) earlier, while using startupmanager. Upon opening synaptic: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. Prior to doing that, the recommended 'fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat' returned nothing. Returning to startupmanager...it seems that su-to-root (and other related programs) was active, running something that gave the following in my .xsession-errors log: --- A new version of /boot/grub/menu.lst is available, but the version installed currently has been locally modified. 1. install the package maintainer's version 2. keep the local version currently installed 3. show the differences between the versions 4. show a side-by-side difference between the versions 5. show a 3-way difference between available versions 6. do a 3-way merge between available versions (experimental) 7. start a new shell to examine the situation What would you like to do about menu.lst? --- So, in my case, this was a startupmanager problem - it has no facility to notify the user that this input is required...and waiting in a non- existent terminal. I added this as a bug a while ago, but no one is currently supporting startupmanager and the bug has gone without a fix. I dunno, maybe it's a problem with 'sudo update-initramfs -u'? To whomever this problem belongs, in my case initramfs noticed either the menu.lst~ or the menu.lst.backup and wanted user input to decide whether or not to update menu.lst - and startupmanager has no such facility to let the user know. Upon killing ucf, this showed up in my .xsession-errors: /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 1036: 11220 Terminated ucf --debconf-ok --debconf-template grub/update_grub_changeprompt_threeway --three-way "$buffer" $ucf_menu_file So, maybe it's update-grub's fault? =) Anyways, after killing ucf, 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' still didn't fix the packages, so I found su-to-root still running and End'd it; but still, update-grub & 'python /usr/sbin/startupmanager' (after attempting an End) are in a Zombie state and cannot be End'd or Kill'd. Even 'su kill -9' or -anything won't end them. ... OK, so 'sudo killall -g update-grub' finally killed them all. Then I ran 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' and it told me that mysql- server-5.0 was in really bad shape and I should re-install it, the other 4-5 packages were configured OK. After a 'sudo apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server' everything seems OK and the 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' returns cleanly. And, most importantly, my LAMP server is functional again! This may have been, and probably was, over-kill...but at least you know this error can be over-come (without a logout or restart). It is also not a bug of any one program, many different circumstances can cause this "debconf: DbDriver"config":" error to rear its nasty head. Final Note: The requested 'fuser' command never once showed anything, it always returned cleanly. It does not appear to be a valid debug tool in this case. *** Firefox/Launchpad won't let me delete the attachment, so you guys get to see my apt-get update terminal logs...how fun! ** Attachment added: "upgrade.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27480333/upgrade.txt -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
This was due to a concurrent access to the debconf database. This is usually a very temporary and not reproducible situation. If you can reproduce it then use the following command to find the culprit: fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat I'm closing this report but don't hesitate to reopen if you can reproduce it and provide more information. Thanks. ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
np Jean... i no longer see it... thanks -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
What are the permissions on the file? /var/cache/debconf/config.dat ** Changed in: xulrunner-1.9 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Also affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
# ls -lah /var/cache/debconf/config.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42K 2008-09-18 08:39 /var/cache/debconf/config.dat After a reboot (almost) everything seems ok. Other then landscape-client bug #270862, and pidgin crashing all around (uploading now a 30MiBs backtrace). Should this ticket be marked as invalid? or leave it open until we can figure what cause it? -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
I'd rather leave it open so we can try to figure out why the upgrade
failed.
Were you upgrading from Hardy to Intrepid, or was a regular update
within Intrepid?
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: fontconfig-config
-
I got this updates today and the system was left unconfigured with the error :
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
-
- alacarte (0.11.5-1ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * added debian/patches/01_properties_button to show a properties-button
- (LP: #86473)
-
- -- Andreas Moog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:01:31
- +0200
-
- desktop-file-utils (0.15-1ubuntu5) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * debian/defaults.list:
- - use evince to open cbr and cbz (lp: #270969)
-
- -- Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:07:34
- +0200
-
- firefox-3.1 (3.1~b1~hg20080916r19311+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta1) intrepid;
- urgency=low
-
- * New upstream snapshot
- * Unset FORCE_OFFICIAL_BRANDING to return to minefield branding
- - update debian/rules
- * Drop system nspr/nss
- - update debian/rules
- * Update requirement for system sqlite3 to >= 3.6.0
- - update debian/rules
- * Add libasound2-dev to Build-Depends for the new HTML5 tag
- - update debian/control
- * Change appname and use a dedicated profile
- - update debian/firefox.sh.in
- - add debian/patches/firefox-profilename
- - add debian/patches/firefox-fsh
- * Use Shiretoko, codename for 3.1 instead of Granparadiso
- - rename debian/firefox-3.1-granparadiso.desktop =>
firefox-3.1-shiretoko.desktop
- - update debian/rules
- * Drop dom-inspector, venkman and legacy firefox-{,trunk,granparadiso}
- packages
- - update debian/control
- * Update diverged patches:
- - update debian/patches/nspr_flags_by_pkg_config_hack.patch
- - update debian/patches/bzXXX_reload_new_plugins.patch
- - update debian/patches/firefox-fsh
- - update debian/patches/nspr_flags_by_pkg_config_hack.patch
- - update debian/patches/lp185622_system_path_default_browser.patch
- - update debian/patches/browser_branding.patch
- * Drop useless patches
- - drop debian/patches/bz436133_att322801.patch
- - update debian/patches/series
- * Add a -d/--debug switch to the launcher script to start firefox inside
gdb.
- Note that it must be specified first on the command line.
- - update debian/firefox.sh.in
- * Set MALLOC_OPTIONS=O before calling xulrunner during build. This is needed
- to avoid a dead-lock in jemalloc when running under fakeroot
- - update debian/rules
-
- -- Fabien Tassin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:56:31 +0200
-
- fontconfig (2.6.0-1ubuntu4~fta1) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * add debian/patches/06_ubuntu_lcddefault.patch: set lcddefault as
- default for the lcd-filter now that Cairo prefers lcdlegacy. This
- is needed to restore our previous behavior. Thanks to Sylvain Pasche.
- (LP: #271088, #264254)
-
- -- Fabien Tassin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:40:14 +0200
-
- hal-info (20080508+git20080601-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * Add 03_latitude_xt_tablet_keys.patch to enable tablet keys
- on Latitude XT. (LP: #271042)
-
- -- Mario Limonciello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008
- 14:23:32 -0500
-
- jockey (0.5~alpha1-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * debian/control: Replace python-qt4 dependency with python-kde4, since
- that's required now. (LP: #263017)
- * oslib.py, {install,remove}_package(): Intercept apt's LockFailedException
- and FetchFailedException. (LP: #268850)
- * oslib.py: Fix typo causing crash in remove_repository(), add test cases.
- (LP: #269435)
- * Merge some bug fixes from trunk:
- - Update KDE UI according to recent GTK ui changes. (LP #268163)
- - ui.py, set_handler_enable(): Fix reversed logic in determining
- enable/disable strings. (LP: #269444)
- - fglrx.py: Fix crash if Device section does not configure a driver
- (LP: #269565)
- - Test suite: check handler behaviour with invalid xorg.conf, fix a few
- crashes uncovered by that. (LP: #258064)
- - detection.py: Fix crashes if cupsd is not running. (LP: #256780,
#255488)
- - jockey-gtk: Call gtk.init_check() to test $DISPLAY, and print error
- message instead of crashing. (LP: #234252)
- - oslib.py, _save_module_blacklist(): Create modules.d directory if it
- does not exist. (LP: #229065)
- - jockey-gtk: Add license text dialog and link it to the license button
- (LP: #269352)
- - com.ubuntu.devicedriver.policy.in: Allow non-local driver install
- (auth_admin). (LP: #269175)
- - Move hardware detection from Backend ctor to separate function, and call
- that with long D-BUS timeout and progress dialo
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
regular update-manager on intrepid. -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
What are the permissions on the file? /var/cache/debconf/config.dat ** Changed in: xulrunner-1.9 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Also affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
# ls -lah /var/cache/debconf/config.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42K 2008-09-18 08:39 /var/cache/debconf/config.dat After a reboot (almost) everything seems ok. Other then landscape-client bug #270862, and pidgin crashing all around (uploading now a 30MiBs backtrace). Should this ticket be marked as invalid? or leave it open until we can figure what cause it? -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
I'd rather leave it open so we can try to figure out why the upgrade
failed.
Were you upgrading from Hardy to Intrepid, or was a regular update
within Intrepid?
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: fontconfig-config
-
I got this updates today and the system was left unconfigured with the error :
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
-
- alacarte (0.11.5-1ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * added debian/patches/01_properties_button to show a properties-button
- (LP: #86473)
-
- -- Andreas Moog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:01:31
- +0200
-
- desktop-file-utils (0.15-1ubuntu5) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * debian/defaults.list:
- - use evince to open cbr and cbz (lp: #270969)
-
- -- Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:07:34
- +0200
-
- firefox-3.1 (3.1~b1~hg20080916r19311+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta1) intrepid;
- urgency=low
-
- * New upstream snapshot
- * Unset FORCE_OFFICIAL_BRANDING to return to minefield branding
- - update debian/rules
- * Drop system nspr/nss
- - update debian/rules
- * Update requirement for system sqlite3 to >= 3.6.0
- - update debian/rules
- * Add libasound2-dev to Build-Depends for the new HTML5 tag
- - update debian/control
- * Change appname and use a dedicated profile
- - update debian/firefox.sh.in
- - add debian/patches/firefox-profilename
- - add debian/patches/firefox-fsh
- * Use Shiretoko, codename for 3.1 instead of Granparadiso
- - rename debian/firefox-3.1-granparadiso.desktop =>
firefox-3.1-shiretoko.desktop
- - update debian/rules
- * Drop dom-inspector, venkman and legacy firefox-{,trunk,granparadiso}
- packages
- - update debian/control
- * Update diverged patches:
- - update debian/patches/nspr_flags_by_pkg_config_hack.patch
- - update debian/patches/bzXXX_reload_new_plugins.patch
- - update debian/patches/firefox-fsh
- - update debian/patches/nspr_flags_by_pkg_config_hack.patch
- - update debian/patches/lp185622_system_path_default_browser.patch
- - update debian/patches/browser_branding.patch
- * Drop useless patches
- - drop debian/patches/bz436133_att322801.patch
- - update debian/patches/series
- * Add a -d/--debug switch to the launcher script to start firefox inside
gdb.
- Note that it must be specified first on the command line.
- - update debian/firefox.sh.in
- * Set MALLOC_OPTIONS=O before calling xulrunner during build. This is needed
- to avoid a dead-lock in jemalloc when running under fakeroot
- - update debian/rules
-
- -- Fabien Tassin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:56:31 +0200
-
- fontconfig (2.6.0-1ubuntu4~fta1) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * add debian/patches/06_ubuntu_lcddefault.patch: set lcddefault as
- default for the lcd-filter now that Cairo prefers lcdlegacy. This
- is needed to restore our previous behavior. Thanks to Sylvain Pasche.
- (LP: #271088, #264254)
-
- -- Fabien Tassin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:40:14 +0200
-
- hal-info (20080508+git20080601-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * Add 03_latitude_xt_tablet_keys.patch to enable tablet keys
- on Latitude XT. (LP: #271042)
-
- -- Mario Limonciello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008
- 14:23:32 -0500
-
- jockey (0.5~alpha1-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * debian/control: Replace python-qt4 dependency with python-kde4, since
- that's required now. (LP: #263017)
- * oslib.py, {install,remove}_package(): Intercept apt's LockFailedException
- and FetchFailedException. (LP: #268850)
- * oslib.py: Fix typo causing crash in remove_repository(), add test cases.
- (LP: #269435)
- * Merge some bug fixes from trunk:
- - Update KDE UI according to recent GTK ui changes. (LP #268163)
- - ui.py, set_handler_enable(): Fix reversed logic in determining
- enable/disable strings. (LP: #269444)
- - fglrx.py: Fix crash if Device section does not configure a driver
- (LP: #269565)
- - Test suite: check handler behaviour with invalid xorg.conf, fix a few
- crashes uncovered by that. (LP: #258064)
- - detection.py: Fix crashes if cupsd is not running. (LP: #256780,
#255488)
- - jockey-gtk: Call gtk.init_check() to test $DISPLAY, and print error
- message instead of crashing. (LP: #234252)
- - oslib.py, _save_module_blacklist(): Create modules.d directory if it
- does not exist. (LP: #229065)
- - jockey-gtk: Add license text dialog and link it to the license button
- (LP: #269352)
- - com.ubuntu.devicedriver.policy.in: Allow non-local driver install
- (auth_admin). (LP: #269175)
- - Move hardware detection from Backend ctor to separate function, and call
- that with long D-BUS timeout and progress dialo
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
regular update-manager on intrepid. -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
This was due to a concurrent access to the debconf database. This is usually a very temporary and not reproducible situation. If you can reproduce it then use the following command to find the culprit: fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat I'm closing this report but don't hesitate to reopen if you can reproduce it and provide more information. Thanks. ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
np Jean... i no longer see it... thanks -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
After attempting upgrade today I had several errors with mysql, cups, and dpkg in general. It all seems to be caused by the following error: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable I also noticed the same error in syslog (or .xsession-errors) earlier, while using startupmanager. Upon opening synaptic: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. Prior to doing that, the recommended 'fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat' returned nothing. Returning to startupmanager...it seems that su-to-root (and other related programs) was active, running something that gave the following in my .xsession-errors log: --- A new version of /boot/grub/menu.lst is available, but the version installed currently has been locally modified. 1. install the package maintainer's version 2. keep the local version currently installed 3. show the differences between the versions 4. show a side-by-side difference between the versions 5. show a 3-way difference between available versions 6. do a 3-way merge between available versions (experimental) 7. start a new shell to examine the situation What would you like to do about menu.lst? --- So, in my case, this was a startupmanager problem - it has no facility to notify the user that this input is required...and waiting in a non- existent terminal. I added this as a bug a while ago, but no one is currently supporting startupmanager and the bug has gone without a fix. I dunno, maybe it's a problem with 'sudo update-initramfs -u'? To whomever this problem belongs, in my case initramfs noticed either the menu.lst~ or the menu.lst.backup and wanted user input to decide whether or not to update menu.lst - and startupmanager has no such facility to let the user know. Upon killing ucf, this showed up in my .xsession-errors: /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 1036: 11220 Terminated ucf --debconf-ok --debconf-template grub/update_grub_changeprompt_threeway --three-way "$buffer" $ucf_menu_file So, maybe it's update-grub's fault? =) Anyways, after killing ucf, 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' still didn't fix the packages, so I found su-to-root still running and End'd it; but still, update-grub & 'python /usr/sbin/startupmanager' (after attempting an End) are in a Zombie state and cannot be End'd or Kill'd. Even 'su kill -9' or -anything won't end them. ... OK, so 'sudo killall -g update-grub' finally killed them all. Then I ran 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' and it told me that mysql- server-5.0 was in really bad shape and I should re-install it, the other 4-5 packages were configured OK. After a 'sudo apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server' everything seems OK and the 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' returns cleanly. And, most importantly, my LAMP server is functional again! This may have been, and probably was, over-kill...but at least you know this error can be over-come (without a logout or restart). It is also not a bug of any one program, many different circumstances can cause this "debconf: DbDriver"config":" error to rear its nasty head. Final Note: The requested 'fuser' command never once showed anything, it always returned cleanly. It does not appear to be a valid debug tool in this case. *** Firefox/Launchpad won't let me delete the attachment, so you guys get to see my apt-get update terminal logs...how fun! ** Attachment added: "upgrade.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27480333/upgrade.txt -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
What are the permissions on the file? /var/cache/debconf/config.dat ** Changed in: xulrunner-1.9 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Also affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
# ls -lah /var/cache/debconf/config.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42K 2008-09-18 08:39 /var/cache/debconf/config.dat After a reboot (almost) everything seems ok. Other then landscape-client bug #270862, and pidgin crashing all around (uploading now a 30MiBs backtrace). Should this ticket be marked as invalid? or leave it open until we can figure what cause it? -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
I'd rather leave it open so we can try to figure out why the upgrade
failed.
Were you upgrading from Hardy to Intrepid, or was a regular update
within Intrepid?
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: fontconfig-config
-
I got this updates today and the system was left unconfigured with the error :
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
-
- alacarte (0.11.5-1ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * added debian/patches/01_properties_button to show a properties-button
- (LP: #86473)
-
- -- Andreas Moog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:01:31
- +0200
-
- desktop-file-utils (0.15-1ubuntu5) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * debian/defaults.list:
- - use evince to open cbr and cbz (lp: #270969)
-
- -- Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:07:34
- +0200
-
- firefox-3.1 (3.1~b1~hg20080916r19311+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta1) intrepid;
- urgency=low
-
- * New upstream snapshot
- * Unset FORCE_OFFICIAL_BRANDING to return to minefield branding
- - update debian/rules
- * Drop system nspr/nss
- - update debian/rules
- * Update requirement for system sqlite3 to >= 3.6.0
- - update debian/rules
- * Add libasound2-dev to Build-Depends for the new HTML5 tag
- - update debian/control
- * Change appname and use a dedicated profile
- - update debian/firefox.sh.in
- - add debian/patches/firefox-profilename
- - add debian/patches/firefox-fsh
- * Use Shiretoko, codename for 3.1 instead of Granparadiso
- - rename debian/firefox-3.1-granparadiso.desktop =>
firefox-3.1-shiretoko.desktop
- - update debian/rules
- * Drop dom-inspector, venkman and legacy firefox-{,trunk,granparadiso}
- packages
- - update debian/control
- * Update diverged patches:
- - update debian/patches/nspr_flags_by_pkg_config_hack.patch
- - update debian/patches/bzXXX_reload_new_plugins.patch
- - update debian/patches/firefox-fsh
- - update debian/patches/nspr_flags_by_pkg_config_hack.patch
- - update debian/patches/lp185622_system_path_default_browser.patch
- - update debian/patches/browser_branding.patch
- * Drop useless patches
- - drop debian/patches/bz436133_att322801.patch
- - update debian/patches/series
- * Add a -d/--debug switch to the launcher script to start firefox inside
gdb.
- Note that it must be specified first on the command line.
- - update debian/firefox.sh.in
- * Set MALLOC_OPTIONS=O before calling xulrunner during build. This is needed
- to avoid a dead-lock in jemalloc when running under fakeroot
- - update debian/rules
-
- -- Fabien Tassin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:56:31 +0200
-
- fontconfig (2.6.0-1ubuntu4~fta1) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * add debian/patches/06_ubuntu_lcddefault.patch: set lcddefault as
- default for the lcd-filter now that Cairo prefers lcdlegacy. This
- is needed to restore our previous behavior. Thanks to Sylvain Pasche.
- (LP: #271088, #264254)
-
- -- Fabien Tassin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:40:14 +0200
-
- hal-info (20080508+git20080601-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * Add 03_latitude_xt_tablet_keys.patch to enable tablet keys
- on Latitude XT. (LP: #271042)
-
- -- Mario Limonciello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008
- 14:23:32 -0500
-
- jockey (0.5~alpha1-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * debian/control: Replace python-qt4 dependency with python-kde4, since
- that's required now. (LP: #263017)
- * oslib.py, {install,remove}_package(): Intercept apt's LockFailedException
- and FetchFailedException. (LP: #268850)
- * oslib.py: Fix typo causing crash in remove_repository(), add test cases.
- (LP: #269435)
- * Merge some bug fixes from trunk:
- - Update KDE UI according to recent GTK ui changes. (LP #268163)
- - ui.py, set_handler_enable(): Fix reversed logic in determining
- enable/disable strings. (LP: #269444)
- - fglrx.py: Fix crash if Device section does not configure a driver
- (LP: #269565)
- - Test suite: check handler behaviour with invalid xorg.conf, fix a few
- crashes uncovered by that. (LP: #258064)
- - detection.py: Fix crashes if cupsd is not running. (LP: #256780,
#255488)
- - jockey-gtk: Call gtk.init_check() to test $DISPLAY, and print error
- message instead of crashing. (LP: #234252)
- - oslib.py, _save_module_blacklist(): Create modules.d directory if it
- does not exist. (LP: #229065)
- - jockey-gtk: Add license text dialog and link it to the license button
- (LP: #269352)
- - com.ubuntu.devicedriver.policy.in: Allow non-local driver install
- (auth_admin). (LP: #269175)
- - Move hardware detection from Backend ctor to separate function, and call
- that with long D-BUS timeout and progress dialo
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
regular update-manager on intrepid. -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
What are the permissions on the file? /var/cache/debconf/config.dat ** Changed in: xulrunner-1.9 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Also affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
# ls -lah /var/cache/debconf/config.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42K 2008-09-18 08:39 /var/cache/debconf/config.dat After a reboot (almost) everything seems ok. Other then landscape-client bug #270862, and pidgin crashing all around (uploading now a 30MiBs backtrace). Should this ticket be marked as invalid? or leave it open until we can figure what cause it? -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
I'd rather leave it open so we can try to figure out why the upgrade
failed.
Were you upgrading from Hardy to Intrepid, or was a regular update
within Intrepid?
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: fontconfig-config
-
I got this updates today and the system was left unconfigured with the error :
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
-
- alacarte (0.11.5-1ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * added debian/patches/01_properties_button to show a properties-button
- (LP: #86473)
-
- -- Andreas Moog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:01:31
- +0200
-
- desktop-file-utils (0.15-1ubuntu5) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * debian/defaults.list:
- - use evince to open cbr and cbz (lp: #270969)
-
- -- Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:07:34
- +0200
-
- firefox-3.1 (3.1~b1~hg20080916r19311+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta1) intrepid;
- urgency=low
-
- * New upstream snapshot
- * Unset FORCE_OFFICIAL_BRANDING to return to minefield branding
- - update debian/rules
- * Drop system nspr/nss
- - update debian/rules
- * Update requirement for system sqlite3 to >= 3.6.0
- - update debian/rules
- * Add libasound2-dev to Build-Depends for the new HTML5 tag
- - update debian/control
- * Change appname and use a dedicated profile
- - update debian/firefox.sh.in
- - add debian/patches/firefox-profilename
- - add debian/patches/firefox-fsh
- * Use Shiretoko, codename for 3.1 instead of Granparadiso
- - rename debian/firefox-3.1-granparadiso.desktop =>
firefox-3.1-shiretoko.desktop
- - update debian/rules
- * Drop dom-inspector, venkman and legacy firefox-{,trunk,granparadiso}
- packages
- - update debian/control
- * Update diverged patches:
- - update debian/patches/nspr_flags_by_pkg_config_hack.patch
- - update debian/patches/bzXXX_reload_new_plugins.patch
- - update debian/patches/firefox-fsh
- - update debian/patches/nspr_flags_by_pkg_config_hack.patch
- - update debian/patches/lp185622_system_path_default_browser.patch
- - update debian/patches/browser_branding.patch
- * Drop useless patches
- - drop debian/patches/bz436133_att322801.patch
- - update debian/patches/series
- * Add a -d/--debug switch to the launcher script to start firefox inside
gdb.
- Note that it must be specified first on the command line.
- - update debian/firefox.sh.in
- * Set MALLOC_OPTIONS=O before calling xulrunner during build. This is needed
- to avoid a dead-lock in jemalloc when running under fakeroot
- - update debian/rules
-
- -- Fabien Tassin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:56:31 +0200
-
- fontconfig (2.6.0-1ubuntu4~fta1) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * add debian/patches/06_ubuntu_lcddefault.patch: set lcddefault as
- default for the lcd-filter now that Cairo prefers lcdlegacy. This
- is needed to restore our previous behavior. Thanks to Sylvain Pasche.
- (LP: #271088, #264254)
-
- -- Fabien Tassin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:40:14 +0200
-
- hal-info (20080508+git20080601-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * Add 03_latitude_xt_tablet_keys.patch to enable tablet keys
- on Latitude XT. (LP: #271042)
-
- -- Mario Limonciello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008
- 14:23:32 -0500
-
- jockey (0.5~alpha1-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * debian/control: Replace python-qt4 dependency with python-kde4, since
- that's required now. (LP: #263017)
- * oslib.py, {install,remove}_package(): Intercept apt's LockFailedException
- and FetchFailedException. (LP: #268850)
- * oslib.py: Fix typo causing crash in remove_repository(), add test cases.
- (LP: #269435)
- * Merge some bug fixes from trunk:
- - Update KDE UI according to recent GTK ui changes. (LP #268163)
- - ui.py, set_handler_enable(): Fix reversed logic in determining
- enable/disable strings. (LP: #269444)
- - fglrx.py: Fix crash if Device section does not configure a driver
- (LP: #269565)
- - Test suite: check handler behaviour with invalid xorg.conf, fix a few
- crashes uncovered by that. (LP: #258064)
- - detection.py: Fix crashes if cupsd is not running. (LP: #256780,
#255488)
- - jockey-gtk: Call gtk.init_check() to test $DISPLAY, and print error
- message instead of crashing. (LP: #234252)
- - oslib.py, _save_module_blacklist(): Create modules.d directory if it
- does not exist. (LP: #229065)
- - jockey-gtk: Add license text dialog and link it to the license button
- (LP: #269352)
- - com.ubuntu.devicedriver.policy.in: Allow non-local driver install
- (auth_admin). (LP: #269175)
- - Move hardware detection from Backend ctor to separate function, and call
- that with long D-BUS timeout and progress dialo
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
regular update-manager on intrepid. -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
What are the permissions on the file? /var/cache/debconf/config.dat ** Changed in: xulrunner-1.9 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Also affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
# ls -lah /var/cache/debconf/config.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42K 2008-09-18 08:39 /var/cache/debconf/config.dat After a reboot (almost) everything seems ok. Other then landscape-client bug #270862, and pidgin crashing all around (uploading now a 30MiBs backtrace). Should this ticket be marked as invalid? or leave it open until we can figure what cause it? -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
I'd rather leave it open so we can try to figure out why the upgrade
failed.
Were you upgrading from Hardy to Intrepid, or was a regular update
within Intrepid?
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: fontconfig-config
-
I got this updates today and the system was left unconfigured with the error :
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
-
- alacarte (0.11.5-1ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * added debian/patches/01_properties_button to show a properties-button
- (LP: #86473)
-
- -- Andreas Moog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:01:31
- +0200
-
- desktop-file-utils (0.15-1ubuntu5) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * debian/defaults.list:
- - use evince to open cbr and cbz (lp: #270969)
-
- -- Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:07:34
- +0200
-
- firefox-3.1 (3.1~b1~hg20080916r19311+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta1) intrepid;
- urgency=low
-
- * New upstream snapshot
- * Unset FORCE_OFFICIAL_BRANDING to return to minefield branding
- - update debian/rules
- * Drop system nspr/nss
- - update debian/rules
- * Update requirement for system sqlite3 to >= 3.6.0
- - update debian/rules
- * Add libasound2-dev to Build-Depends for the new HTML5 tag
- - update debian/control
- * Change appname and use a dedicated profile
- - update debian/firefox.sh.in
- - add debian/patches/firefox-profilename
- - add debian/patches/firefox-fsh
- * Use Shiretoko, codename for 3.1 instead of Granparadiso
- - rename debian/firefox-3.1-granparadiso.desktop =>
firefox-3.1-shiretoko.desktop
- - update debian/rules
- * Drop dom-inspector, venkman and legacy firefox-{,trunk,granparadiso}
- packages
- - update debian/control
- * Update diverged patches:
- - update debian/patches/nspr_flags_by_pkg_config_hack.patch
- - update debian/patches/bzXXX_reload_new_plugins.patch
- - update debian/patches/firefox-fsh
- - update debian/patches/nspr_flags_by_pkg_config_hack.patch
- - update debian/patches/lp185622_system_path_default_browser.patch
- - update debian/patches/browser_branding.patch
- * Drop useless patches
- - drop debian/patches/bz436133_att322801.patch
- - update debian/patches/series
- * Add a -d/--debug switch to the launcher script to start firefox inside
gdb.
- Note that it must be specified first on the command line.
- - update debian/firefox.sh.in
- * Set MALLOC_OPTIONS=O before calling xulrunner during build. This is needed
- to avoid a dead-lock in jemalloc when running under fakeroot
- - update debian/rules
-
- -- Fabien Tassin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:56:31 +0200
-
- fontconfig (2.6.0-1ubuntu4~fta1) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * add debian/patches/06_ubuntu_lcddefault.patch: set lcddefault as
- default for the lcd-filter now that Cairo prefers lcdlegacy. This
- is needed to restore our previous behavior. Thanks to Sylvain Pasche.
- (LP: #271088, #264254)
-
- -- Fabien Tassin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:40:14 +0200
-
- hal-info (20080508+git20080601-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * Add 03_latitude_xt_tablet_keys.patch to enable tablet keys
- on Latitude XT. (LP: #271042)
-
- -- Mario Limonciello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008
- 14:23:32 -0500
-
- jockey (0.5~alpha1-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * debian/control: Replace python-qt4 dependency with python-kde4, since
- that's required now. (LP: #263017)
- * oslib.py, {install,remove}_package(): Intercept apt's LockFailedException
- and FetchFailedException. (LP: #268850)
- * oslib.py: Fix typo causing crash in remove_repository(), add test cases.
- (LP: #269435)
- * Merge some bug fixes from trunk:
- - Update KDE UI according to recent GTK ui changes. (LP #268163)
- - ui.py, set_handler_enable(): Fix reversed logic in determining
- enable/disable strings. (LP: #269444)
- - fglrx.py: Fix crash if Device section does not configure a driver
- (LP: #269565)
- - Test suite: check handler behaviour with invalid xorg.conf, fix a few
- crashes uncovered by that. (LP: #258064)
- - detection.py: Fix crashes if cupsd is not running. (LP: #256780,
#255488)
- - jockey-gtk: Call gtk.init_check() to test $DISPLAY, and print error
- message instead of crashing. (LP: #234252)
- - oslib.py, _save_module_blacklist(): Create modules.d directory if it
- does not exist. (LP: #229065)
- - jockey-gtk: Add license text dialog and link it to the license button
- (LP: #269352)
- - com.ubuntu.devicedriver.policy.in: Allow non-local driver install
- (auth_admin). (LP: #269175)
- - Move hardware detection from Backend ctor to separate function, and call
- that with long D-BUS timeout and progress dialo
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
regular update-manager on intrepid. -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
After attempting upgrade today I had several errors with mysql, cups, and dpkg in general. It all seems to be caused by the following error: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable I also noticed the same error in syslog (or .xsession-errors) earlier, while using startupmanager. Upon opening synaptic: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. Prior to doing that, the recommended 'fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat' returned nothing. Returning to startupmanager...it seems that su-to-root (and other related programs) was active, running something that gave the following in my .xsession-errors log: --- A new version of /boot/grub/menu.lst is available, but the version installed currently has been locally modified. 1. install the package maintainer's version 2. keep the local version currently installed 3. show the differences between the versions 4. show a side-by-side difference between the versions 5. show a 3-way difference between available versions 6. do a 3-way merge between available versions (experimental) 7. start a new shell to examine the situation What would you like to do about menu.lst? --- So, in my case, this was a startupmanager problem - it has no facility to notify the user that this input is required...and waiting in a non- existent terminal. I added this as a bug a while ago, but no one is currently supporting startupmanager and the bug has gone without a fix. I dunno, maybe it's a problem with 'sudo update-initramfs -u'? To whomever this problem belongs, in my case initramfs noticed either the menu.lst~ or the menu.lst.backup and wanted user input to decide whether or not to update menu.lst - and startupmanager has no such facility to let the user know. Upon killing ucf, this showed up in my .xsession-errors: /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 1036: 11220 Terminated ucf --debconf-ok --debconf-template grub/update_grub_changeprompt_threeway --three-way "$buffer" $ucf_menu_file So, maybe it's update-grub's fault? =) Anyways, after killing ucf, 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' still didn't fix the packages, so I found su-to-root still running and End'd it; but still, update-grub & 'python /usr/sbin/startupmanager' (after attempting an End) are in a Zombie state and cannot be End'd or Kill'd. Even 'su kill -9' or -anything won't end them. ... OK, so 'sudo killall -g update-grub' finally killed them all. Then I ran 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' and it told me that mysql- server-5.0 was in really bad shape and I should re-install it, the other 4-5 packages were configured OK. After a 'sudo apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server' everything seems OK and the 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' returns cleanly. And, most importantly, my LAMP server is functional again! This may have been, and probably was, over-kill...but at least you know this error can be over-come (without a logout or restart). It is also not a bug of any one program, many different circumstances can cause this "debconf: DbDriver"config":" error to rear its nasty head. Final Note: The requested 'fuser' command never once showed anything, it always returned cleanly. It does not appear to be a valid debug tool in this case. *** Firefox/Launchpad won't let me delete the attachment, so you guys get to see my apt-get update terminal logs...how fun! ** Attachment added: "upgrade.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27480333/upgrade.txt -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
This was due to a concurrent access to the debconf database. This is usually a very temporary and not reproducible situation. If you can reproduce it then use the following command to find the culprit: fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat I'm closing this report but don't hesitate to reopen if you can reproduce it and provide more information. Thanks. ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
np Jean... i no longer see it... thanks -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
After attempting upgrade today I had several errors with mysql, cups, and dpkg in general. It all seems to be caused by the following error: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable I also noticed the same error in syslog (or .xsession-errors) earlier, while using startupmanager. Upon opening synaptic: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. Prior to doing that, the recommended 'fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat' returned nothing. Returning to startupmanager...it seems that su-to-root (and other related programs) was active, running something that gave the following in my .xsession-errors log: --- A new version of /boot/grub/menu.lst is available, but the version installed currently has been locally modified. 1. install the package maintainer's version 2. keep the local version currently installed 3. show the differences between the versions 4. show a side-by-side difference between the versions 5. show a 3-way difference between available versions 6. do a 3-way merge between available versions (experimental) 7. start a new shell to examine the situation What would you like to do about menu.lst? --- So, in my case, this was a startupmanager problem - it has no facility to notify the user that this input is required...and waiting in a non- existent terminal. I added this as a bug a while ago, but no one is currently supporting startupmanager and the bug has gone without a fix. I dunno, maybe it's a problem with 'sudo update-initramfs -u'? To whomever this problem belongs, in my case initramfs noticed either the menu.lst~ or the menu.lst.backup and wanted user input to decide whether or not to update menu.lst - and startupmanager has no such facility to let the user know. Upon killing ucf, this showed up in my .xsession-errors: /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 1036: 11220 Terminated ucf --debconf-ok --debconf-template grub/update_grub_changeprompt_threeway --three-way "$buffer" $ucf_menu_file So, maybe it's update-grub's fault? =) Anyways, after killing ucf, 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' still didn't fix the packages, so I found su-to-root still running and End'd it; but still, update-grub & 'python /usr/sbin/startupmanager' (after attempting an End) are in a Zombie state and cannot be End'd or Kill'd. Even 'su kill -9' or -anything won't end them. ... OK, so 'sudo killall -g update-grub' finally killed them all. Then I ran 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' and it told me that mysql- server-5.0 was in really bad shape and I should re-install it, the other 4-5 packages were configured OK. After a 'sudo apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server' everything seems OK and the 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' returns cleanly. And, most importantly, my LAMP server is functional again! This may have been, and probably was, over-kill...but at least you know this error can be over-come (without a logout or restart). It is also not a bug of any one program, many different circumstances can cause this "debconf: DbDriver"config":" error to rear its nasty head. Final Note: The requested 'fuser' command never once showed anything, it always returned cleanly. It does not appear to be a valid debug tool in this case. *** Firefox/Launchpad won't let me delete the attachment, so you guys get to see my apt-get update terminal logs...how fun! ** Attachment added: "upgrade.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27480333/upgrade.txt -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
After attempting upgrade today I had several errors with mysql, cups, and dpkg in general. It all seems to be caused by the following error: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable I also noticed the same error in syslog (or .xsession-errors) earlier, while using startupmanager. Upon opening synaptic: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. Prior to doing that, the recommended 'fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat' returned nothing. Returning to startupmanager...it seems that su-to-root (and other related programs) was active, running something that gave the following in my .xsession-errors log: --- A new version of /boot/grub/menu.lst is available, but the version installed currently has been locally modified. 1. install the package maintainer's version 2. keep the local version currently installed 3. show the differences between the versions 4. show a side-by-side difference between the versions 5. show a 3-way difference between available versions 6. do a 3-way merge between available versions (experimental) 7. start a new shell to examine the situation What would you like to do about menu.lst? --- So, in my case, this was a startupmanager problem - it has no facility to notify the user that this input is required...and waiting in a non- existent terminal. I added this as a bug a while ago, but no one is currently supporting startupmanager and the bug has gone without a fix. I dunno, maybe it's a problem with 'sudo update-initramfs -u'? To whomever this problem belongs, in my case initramfs noticed either the menu.lst~ or the menu.lst.backup and wanted user input to decide whether or not to update menu.lst - and startupmanager has no such facility to let the user know. Upon killing ucf, this showed up in my .xsession-errors: /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 1036: 11220 Terminated ucf --debconf-ok --debconf-template grub/update_grub_changeprompt_threeway --three-way "$buffer" $ucf_menu_file So, maybe it's update-grub's fault? =) Anyways, after killing ucf, 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' still didn't fix the packages, so I found su-to-root still running and End'd it; but still, update-grub & 'python /usr/sbin/startupmanager' (after attempting an End) are in a Zombie state and cannot be End'd or Kill'd. Even 'su kill -9' or -anything won't end them. ... OK, so 'sudo killall -g update-grub' finally killed them all. Then I ran 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' and it told me that mysql- server-5.0 was in really bad shape and I should re-install it, the other 4-5 packages were configured OK. After a 'sudo apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server' everything seems OK and the 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' returns cleanly. And, most importantly, my LAMP server is functional again! This may have been, and probably was, over-kill...but at least you know this error can be over-come (without a logout or restart). It is also not a bug of any one program, many different circumstances can cause this "debconf: DbDriver"config":" error to rear its nasty head. Final Note: The requested 'fuser' command never once showed anything, it always returned cleanly. It does not appear to be a valid debug tool in this case. *** Firefox/Launchpad won't let me delete the attachment, so you guys get to see my apt-get update terminal logs...how fun! ** Attachment added: "upgrade.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27480333/upgrade.txt -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
This was due to a concurrent access to the debconf database. This is usually a very temporary and not reproducible situation. If you can reproduce it then use the following command to find the culprit: fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat I'm closing this report but don't hesitate to reopen if you can reproduce it and provide more information. Thanks. ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
np Jean... i no longer see it... thanks -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
What are the permissions on the file? /var/cache/debconf/config.dat ** Changed in: xulrunner-1.9 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Also affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
# ls -lah /var/cache/debconf/config.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42K 2008-09-18 08:39 /var/cache/debconf/config.dat After a reboot (almost) everything seems ok. Other then landscape-client bug #270862, and pidgin crashing all around (uploading now a 30MiBs backtrace). Should this ticket be marked as invalid? or leave it open until we can figure what cause it? -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
I'd rather leave it open so we can try to figure out why the upgrade
failed.
Were you upgrading from Hardy to Intrepid, or was a regular update
within Intrepid?
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: fontconfig-config
-
I got this updates today and the system was left unconfigured with the error :
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
-
- alacarte (0.11.5-1ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * added debian/patches/01_properties_button to show a properties-button
- (LP: #86473)
-
- -- Andreas Moog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:01:31
- +0200
-
- desktop-file-utils (0.15-1ubuntu5) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * debian/defaults.list:
- - use evince to open cbr and cbz (lp: #270969)
-
- -- Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:07:34
- +0200
-
- firefox-3.1 (3.1~b1~hg20080916r19311+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta1) intrepid;
- urgency=low
-
- * New upstream snapshot
- * Unset FORCE_OFFICIAL_BRANDING to return to minefield branding
- - update debian/rules
- * Drop system nspr/nss
- - update debian/rules
- * Update requirement for system sqlite3 to >= 3.6.0
- - update debian/rules
- * Add libasound2-dev to Build-Depends for the new HTML5 tag
- - update debian/control
- * Change appname and use a dedicated profile
- - update debian/firefox.sh.in
- - add debian/patches/firefox-profilename
- - add debian/patches/firefox-fsh
- * Use Shiretoko, codename for 3.1 instead of Granparadiso
- - rename debian/firefox-3.1-granparadiso.desktop =>
firefox-3.1-shiretoko.desktop
- - update debian/rules
- * Drop dom-inspector, venkman and legacy firefox-{,trunk,granparadiso}
- packages
- - update debian/control
- * Update diverged patches:
- - update debian/patches/nspr_flags_by_pkg_config_hack.patch
- - update debian/patches/bzXXX_reload_new_plugins.patch
- - update debian/patches/firefox-fsh
- - update debian/patches/nspr_flags_by_pkg_config_hack.patch
- - update debian/patches/lp185622_system_path_default_browser.patch
- - update debian/patches/browser_branding.patch
- * Drop useless patches
- - drop debian/patches/bz436133_att322801.patch
- - update debian/patches/series
- * Add a -d/--debug switch to the launcher script to start firefox inside
gdb.
- Note that it must be specified first on the command line.
- - update debian/firefox.sh.in
- * Set MALLOC_OPTIONS=O before calling xulrunner during build. This is needed
- to avoid a dead-lock in jemalloc when running under fakeroot
- - update debian/rules
-
- -- Fabien Tassin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:56:31 +0200
-
- fontconfig (2.6.0-1ubuntu4~fta1) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * add debian/patches/06_ubuntu_lcddefault.patch: set lcddefault as
- default for the lcd-filter now that Cairo prefers lcdlegacy. This
- is needed to restore our previous behavior. Thanks to Sylvain Pasche.
- (LP: #271088, #264254)
-
- -- Fabien Tassin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:40:14 +0200
-
- hal-info (20080508+git20080601-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * Add 03_latitude_xt_tablet_keys.patch to enable tablet keys
- on Latitude XT. (LP: #271042)
-
- -- Mario Limonciello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008
- 14:23:32 -0500
-
- jockey (0.5~alpha1-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
-
- * debian/control: Replace python-qt4 dependency with python-kde4, since
- that's required now. (LP: #263017)
- * oslib.py, {install,remove}_package(): Intercept apt's LockFailedException
- and FetchFailedException. (LP: #268850)
- * oslib.py: Fix typo causing crash in remove_repository(), add test cases.
- (LP: #269435)
- * Merge some bug fixes from trunk:
- - Update KDE UI according to recent GTK ui changes. (LP #268163)
- - ui.py, set_handler_enable(): Fix reversed logic in determining
- enable/disable strings. (LP: #269444)
- - fglrx.py: Fix crash if Device section does not configure a driver
- (LP: #269565)
- - Test suite: check handler behaviour with invalid xorg.conf, fix a few
- crashes uncovered by that. (LP: #258064)
- - detection.py: Fix crashes if cupsd is not running. (LP: #256780,
#255488)
- - jockey-gtk: Call gtk.init_check() to test $DISPLAY, and print error
- message instead of crashing. (LP: #234252)
- - oslib.py, _save_module_blacklist(): Create modules.d directory if it
- does not exist. (LP: #229065)
- - jockey-gtk: Add license text dialog and link it to the license button
- (LP: #269352)
- - com.ubuntu.devicedriver.policy.in: Allow non-local driver install
- (auth_admin). (LP: #269175)
- - Move hardware detection from Backend ctor to separate function, and call
- that with long D-BUS timeout and progress dialo
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
regular update-manager on intrepid. -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
This was due to a concurrent access to the debconf database. This is usually a very temporary and not reproducible situation. If you can reproduce it then use the following command to find the culprit: fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat I'm closing this report but don't hesitate to reopen if you can reproduce it and provide more information. Thanks. ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
np Jean... i no longer see it... thanks -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
After attempting upgrade today I had several errors with mysql, cups, and dpkg in general. It all seems to be caused by the following error: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable I also noticed the same error in syslog (or .xsession-errors) earlier, while using startupmanager. Upon opening synaptic: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. Prior to doing that, the recommended 'fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat' returned nothing. Returning to startupmanager...it seems that su-to-root (and other related programs) was active, running something that gave the following in my .xsession-errors log: --- A new version of /boot/grub/menu.lst is available, but the version installed currently has been locally modified. 1. install the package maintainer's version 2. keep the local version currently installed 3. show the differences between the versions 4. show a side-by-side difference between the versions 5. show a 3-way difference between available versions 6. do a 3-way merge between available versions (experimental) 7. start a new shell to examine the situation What would you like to do about menu.lst? --- So, in my case, this was a startupmanager problem - it has no facility to notify the user that this input is required...and waiting in a non- existent terminal. I added this as a bug a while ago, but no one is currently supporting startupmanager and the bug has gone without a fix. I dunno, maybe it's a problem with 'sudo update-initramfs -u'? To whomever this problem belongs, in my case initramfs noticed either the menu.lst~ or the menu.lst.backup and wanted user input to decide whether or not to update menu.lst - and startupmanager has no such facility to let the user know. Upon killing ucf, this showed up in my .xsession-errors: /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 1036: 11220 Terminated ucf --debconf-ok --debconf-template grub/update_grub_changeprompt_threeway --three-way "$buffer" $ucf_menu_file So, maybe it's update-grub's fault? =) Anyways, after killing ucf, 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' still didn't fix the packages, so I found su-to-root still running and End'd it; but still, update-grub & 'python /usr/sbin/startupmanager' (after attempting an End) are in a Zombie state and cannot be End'd or Kill'd. Even 'su kill -9' or -anything won't end them. ... OK, so 'sudo killall -g update-grub' finally killed them all. Then I ran 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' and it told me that mysql- server-5.0 was in really bad shape and I should re-install it, the other 4-5 packages were configured OK. After a 'sudo apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server' everything seems OK and the 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' returns cleanly. And, most importantly, my LAMP server is functional again! This may have been, and probably was, over-kill...but at least you know this error can be over-come (without a logout or restart). It is also not a bug of any one program, many different circumstances can cause this "debconf: DbDriver"config":" error to rear its nasty head. Final Note: The requested 'fuser' command never once showed anything, it always returned cleanly. It does not appear to be a valid debug tool in this case. *** Firefox/Launchpad won't let me delete the attachment, so you guys get to see my apt-get update terminal logs...how fun! ** Attachment added: "upgrade.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27480333/upgrade.txt -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
This was due to a concurrent access to the debconf database. This is usually a very temporary and not reproducible situation. If you can reproduce it then use the following command to find the culprit: fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat I'm closing this report but don't hesitate to reopen if you can reproduce it and provide more information. Thanks. ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
np Jean... i no longer see it... thanks -- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
