[Bug 349469] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

[Steve Langasek]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 04:09:35PM -0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 03:41:52PM -0000, Leonardo Santagada @ Proge.com.br wrote:
> > the problem for me appeared to be that software center was open while
> > installing using the command line apt-get... but I'm not sure it was
> > really related.

> This is indeed a classic reason for getting this kind of error.  You can
> only use one package management program at a time.

Isn't it a bit strange to hit a debconf error in that case, however?  You
should run into locking problems with either apt or dpkg well before debconf
is involved.

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

Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: cups

  Crash detection report attached.

  ProblemType: Package
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
  ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu8
  SourcePackage: cups
  Title: package cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

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