On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 06:14:26PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > Could you send the output of > > ps uax | grep apt > ps uax | grep dpkg
dhansak:/home/grimoire# ps uax | grep apt root 5081 0.0 0.2 2864 692 pts/3 R+ 14:02 0:00 grep apt dhansak:/home/grimoire# ps uax | grep dpkg root 5083 0.0 0.2 2860 688 pts/3 R+ 14:02 0:00 grep dpkg I have since rebooted the system, though I'm fairly sure there weren't any other apt or dpkg processes running when I had my problem. Unfortunately, I needed to install some packages as a matter of some urgency, so ran "apt-get dist-upgrade" which seems to have fixed the problem with aptitude. However, it means it may be difficult to track down this particular bug! Dave -- Dave Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]