I ran command as suggested, with a process as : USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /var/cache/debconf/config.dat: root 13393 F.... (root)frontend I killed process and update/ upgrade finished without error.
Thanks, we can call this a fix. The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with. -Eleanor Holmes Norton, US Congressional Delegate On 11-05-18 10:04 AM, Clint Byrum wrote: > Excerpts from Ron's message of Tue May 17 00:18:20 UTC 2011: >> Did as suggested with the following result: >> >> >> The following packages will be upgraded: >> postfix >> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. >> 29 not fully installed or removed. >> Need to get 0 B/1,165 kB of archives. >> After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. >> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y >> debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by >> another process: Resource temporarily unavailable >> (Reading database ... 181555 files and directories currently installed.) >> Preparing to replace postfix 2.8.2-1ubuntu1 (using >> .../postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb) ... >> debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by >> another process: Resource temporarily unavailable >> dpkg: error processing >> /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb (--unpack): >> subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 >> Errors were encountered while processing: >> /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb >> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >> >> >> Can't seem to get past this error. It's been a couple of weeks.. Almost >> makes one think of what MS windows 7 is like. ( almost but never) > Ron, I understand the frustration. Its entirely possible there is > another process holding this file open that shouldn't be, which would > be a bug. Can you open a Terminal and add the output of this command to > the bug report: > > sudo fuser -vu /var/cache/debconf/config.dat > > It should show the process which has config.dat locked. If you determine > that its ok to kill that process, you can run: > > sudo kill ##### > > Where ##### is the process ID shown in the output of fuser. > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to php5 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783706 Title: package libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs