apt-get update is the same as clicking the "reload" button in synaptic.
If you have synaptic open, or another instant of apt-get is running you can indeed you get the "lock" error. Only one program at the time is allowed to edit the db. You also get the error when you have insufficient permission (aka running it as user not root) sudo apt-get update on a terminal ask your password and let you type it in, however it will not show that you are entering something. -- qball ------------------------------------------------------------------------ qball's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32031 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66463 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
