[Bug 271246] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

[Bill Ruddock]

Happened to me when aptitude (or presumably any other apt package
manager) was interrupted by an accidental X restart. No process shown to
be using the file with 'fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat'. Killing
the still running but inactive aptitude and dpkg processes did not work.
System reboot fixed the problem.

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Title:
  debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
  another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

Status in “aptitude” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “fontconfig” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “pidgin” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “xulrunner-1.9” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  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

  Running Intrepid.

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