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

[NoviceNotes™]

a cursory review of the existing commentary here leads me reconsider my
speculation over the source of this issue, as manifest on /my/ system.
Please indulge my narrative concerning the unusual approach to package-
management I whimsically employed with this Lubuntu flavour of Ubuntu
"Natty" (11.04?).

Over the past 10 - 14 months or so, I've installed at least a handful of
different Linux distributions on as many HDD's (embarking upon something
new with each instance of Win XP / .NET incompatibility surfacing, as
essentially renders the MS sys in a /broken/ state), from classic GNOME-
based Ubuntu, Xubuntu, to OpenSUSE including a full-blown KDE setup, to
my current favourite, the LXDE-based "Lubuntu" variant of the 'buntu.

Somewhere along the line, i discovered the Pandora's Box of pkg mgt in
the application known as  (cover your ears, kids!) /Eveinstaller/. Once
I started down that path, I threw caution to the wind and pulled out all
the stops just to see if this software could actually perform as well as
it presents a veritable plethora of software not likely to be found via
default Canonical + Partner repos (e.g. deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu natty main restricted universe
multiverse). If I had to summarize it into one sentence, I'm inclined to
phrase the experience as "Eve___ basically wrecked my sources, if not
the entire dpkg functionality, such that-- I'd have to have paid much
closer attention to the changes to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/  (vs those
repos i might have added, for example, the Banshee media player,
launchpad repos , or other software repos added through the convenient
PPA method (e.g. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:user/ppa-name ).

The bottom-line, as far as I'm concerned: I realise I've damaged my
system's /default/ package manager configuration. The fact that I've
experienced this error-- well-- I guess you could say, I'm not
surprised; i've been expecting it.

If my anecdote lends insight to anyone; should the reader wish to learn
more about the results of the effect of EveInstaller on my system, I'm
happy to provide whatever information I can to assist in your own
learning; debugging; etc.

I apologise for my verbosity; indeed, i've come to acknowledge the
degenerative mentals and, proportionally-- as the community
participation history might corroborate-- i hold my tongue by an
increasingly exponential factor of instances of contribution (I regret,
as my enthusiasm for the spirit of community at Launchpad in general;
'buntu in particular, has not waned in balance).

best regards,
NoviceNotes.Net (the author)

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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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