Hi,

Some news on my side too. For a few weeks now this bug has happened to 
me _at least_ once a day. I often also get the "Error in select()" 
message. Following your suggestion last week Martin, I have started 
using xterm rather than gnome-terminal to do "aptitude full-upgrade". 
Although not a scientific experiment, I have not had the problem for 
some days though I am still doing two upgrades a day.

Yesterday I forgot and did an upgrade with gnome-terminal and got the 
same error with an "Error in select()" message. It looks like there is 
some interaction with gnome-terminal and dpkg which is different from 
how xterm and dpkg interact.

So not scientific but interesting...

Chris


Martin Emrich wrote:
> News on my side:
>
> I tried to install grub-info (in gnome-terminal), and while apt/dpkg read 
> read its database, I resized the window, and then I saw this "Error in 
> select()". 
> I quickly opened another terminal and hit "ps aux", dpkg still alive. Then 
> came "272072 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.", I hit "ps 
> aux" again, and now dpkg is <defunct>.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install grub-doc
> Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
> Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut       
> Reading state information... Fertig
> Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden installiert:
>   grub-doc
> 0 aktualisiert, 1 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 2 nicht aktualisiert.
> Es müssen 278kB Archive geholt werden.
> Nach dem Auspacken werden 971kB Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
> Hole:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main grub-doc 0.97-29ubuntu3 [278kB]
> Es wurden 278kB in 0s geholt (463kB/s)
> Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket grub-doc.
> (Lese Datenbank ... Error in select()
>                                      272072 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind 
> derzeit installiert.)
>
>       1-2 minutes later, I hit some keys in the terminal, and suddenly
> it went on:
>
>  fvRichte grub-doc ein (0.97-29ubuntu3) ...
> ff
>
>    So, from my side, I would rule out update-manager or synaptic as a source 
> of the problem.
> As nobody else posted a "me too" here, I'd say it is triggered either by a 
> certain software configuration, 
> or by a certain X configuration. I have an nvidia card with "nvidia" driver, 
> two displays with nvidia-Xinerama.
>
> Ciao
>
> Martin
>
>

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update-manager freezes due to defunct dpkg process
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