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

[Dr. Muraki Kazutaka]

In my case,
[user at localhost] $ pstree -s $pid
show this:
init─┬─NetworkManager─┬─dhclient
     │                ├─dnsmasq
     │                └─2*[{NetworkManager}]
     ├─accounts-daemon───{accounts-daemon}
     ├─acpid
     ├─atd
     ├─avahi-daemon───avahi-daemon
     ├─bamfdaemon───2*[{bamfdaemon}]
     ├─bluetoothd
     ├─chrome─┬─chrome
     │        ├─chrome───4*[{chrome}]
     │        └─27*[{chrome}]
     ├─chrome-sandbox───chrome─┬─5*[chrome───3*[{chrome}]]
     │                         └─nacl_helper_boo
     ├─colord───2*[{colord}]
     ├─console-kit-dae─┬─63*[{console-kit-dae}]
     │                 └─{console-kit-dae}\264k\267
     ├─cron
     ├─cupsd
     ├─3*[dbus-daemon]
     ├─2*[dbus-launch]
     ├─dconf-service───2*[{dconf-service}]
     ├─gconfd-2
     ├─geoclue-master
     ├─6*[getty]
     ├─gnome-keyring-d─┬─4*[{gnome-keyring-d}]
     │                 └─{gnome-keyring-d}\264k\267
     ├─gnome-terminal─┬─bash───pstree
     │                ├─gnome-pty-helpe
     │                └─3*[{gnome-terminal}]
     ├─goa-daemon───{goa-daemon}
     ├─gvfs-afc-volume───{gvfs-afc-volume}
     ├─gvfs-fuse-daemo───3*[{gvfs-fuse-daemo}]
     ├─gvfs-gdu-volume
     ├─gvfs-gphoto2-vo
     ├─gvfsd
     ├─gvfsd-burn
     ├─gvfsd-metadata
     ├─gvfsd-trash
     ├─hud-service───2*[{hud-service}]
     ├─indicator-appli───{indicator-appli}
     ├─indicator-datet─┬─{indicator-datet}
     │                 └─{indicator-datet}\264k\267
     ├─indicator-messa───{indicator-messa}\264k\267
     ├─indicator-print───2*[{indicator-print}]
     ├─indicator-sessi─┬─{indicator-sessi}
     │                 └─{indicator-sessi}\264k\267
     ├─indicator-sound─┬─{indicator-sound}
     │                 └─{indicator-sound}\264k\267
     ├─irqbalance
     ├─lightdm─┬─Xorg
     │         ├─lightdm─┬─gnome-session─┬─bluetooth-apple─┬─{bluetooth-apple}
     │         │         │               │                 └─{bluetooth-apple}\264k\267
     │         │         │               ├─deja-dup-monito─┬─{deja-dup-monito}
     │         │         │               │                 └─{deja-dup-monito}\264k\267
     │         │         │               ├─gdu-notificatio───2*[{gdu-notificatio}]
     │         │         │               ├─gnome-fallback-─┬─{gnome-fallback-}
     │         │         │               │                 └─{gnome-fallback-}\264k\267
     │         │         │               ├─gnome-screensav───2*[{gnome-screensav}]
     │         │         │               ├─gnome-settings-─┬─syndaemon
     │         │         │               │                 └─3*[{gnome-settings-}]
     │         │         │               ├─gpg-agent
     │         │         │               ├─metacity───2*[{metacity}]
     │         │         │               ├─nautilus───2*[{nautilus}]
     │         │         │               ├─nm-applet───2*[{nm-applet}]
     │         │         │               ├─polkit-gnome-au─┬─{polkit-gnome-au}
     │         │         │               │                 └─{polkit-gnome-au}\264k\267
     │         │         │               ├─python─┬─redshift
     │         │         │               │        └─3*[{python}]
     │         │         │               ├─ssh-agent
     │         │         │               ├─telepathy-indic─┬─{telepathy-indic}
     │         │         │               │                 └─{telepathy-indic}\264k\267
     │         │         │               ├─unity-2d-panel───2*[{unity-2d-panel}]
     │         │         │               ├─unity-2d-shell───5*[{unity-2d-shell}]
     │         │         │               ├─update-notifier───3*[{update-notifier}]
     │         │         │               └─3*[{gnome-session}]
     │         │         └─{lightdm}
     │         └─2*[{lightdm}]
     ├─mission-control─┬─{mission-control}
     │                 └─{mission-control}\264k\267
     ├─modem-manager
     ├─notify-osd───2*[{notify-osd}]
     ├─polkitd───{polkitd}
     ├─pulseaudio─┬─gconf-helper
     │            └─2*[{pulseaudio}]
     ├─rsyslogd───3*[{rsyslogd}]
     ├─rtkit-daemon───2*[{rtkit-daemon}]
     ├─sh───dpkg-preconfigu─┬─dpkg-preconfigu
     │                      ├─hddtemp.config.
     │                      └─whiptail
     ├─system-service-
     ├─ubuntu-geoip-pr
     ├─ubuntuone-syncd───3*[{ubuntuone-syncd}]
     ├─udevd───udevd
     ├─udisks-daemon─┬─udisks-daemon
     │               └─2*[{udisks-daemon}]
     ├─unity-applicati───2*[{unity-applicati}]
     ├─unity-files-dae─┬─{unity-files-dae}
     │                 └─{unity-files-dae}\264k\267
     ├─unity-lens-vide───{unity-lens-vide}
     ├─unity-music-dae───{unity-music-dae}\264k\267
     ├─unity-musicstor───{unity-musicstor}
     ├─unity-panel-ser───2*[{unity-panel-ser}]
     ├─unity-scope-vid─┬─{unity-scope-vid}
     │                 └─{unity-scope-vid}\264k\267
     ├─upowerd───2*[{upowerd}]
     ├─upstart-socket-
     ├─upstart-udev-br
     ├─whoopsie───{whoopsie}
     ├─wpa_supplicant
     ├─zeitgeist-daemo───{zeitgeist-daemo}
     ├─zeitgeist-datah───{zeitgeist-datah}
     └─zeitgeist-fts─┬─cat
                     └─{zeitgeist-fts}

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

Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  If you have encountered this bug, please run:

    sudo fuser /var/cache/debconf/config.dat

  for each of the shown process IDs, please run:

    pstree -s $pid

  and report the output to this bug.

  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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