Excerpts from Ron's message of Tue May 17 00:18:20 UTC 2011: > Did as suggested with the following result: > > > The following packages will be upgraded: > postfix > 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > 29 not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0 B/1,165 kB of archives. > After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y > debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by > another process: Resource temporarily unavailable > (Reading database ... 181555 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace postfix 2.8.2-1ubuntu1 (using > .../postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb) ... > debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by > another process: Resource temporarily unavailable > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb (--unpack): > subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > Can't seem to get past this error. It's been a couple of weeks.. Almost > makes one think of what MS windows 7 is like. ( almost but never)
Ron, I understand the frustration. Its entirely possible there is another process holding this file open that shouldn't be, which would be a bug. Can you open a Terminal and add the output of this command to the bug report: sudo fuser -vu /var/cache/debconf/config.dat It should show the process which has config.dat locked. If you determine that its ok to kill that process, you can run: sudo kill ##### Where ##### is the process ID shown in the output of fuser. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to php5 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783706 Title: package libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs