Bug#343701: apt-get: Unable to configure a package that failed to install, config.dat locked by frontend
Package: apt-get Version: apt 0.6.42.1 for linux i386 compiled on Oct 23 2005 11:34:57 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable apt-get is broken, while attempting to install cupsys, libspl1 was scheduled for installation but failed. Any further attempts fail as below. Summary /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by a process frontend, if you kill the process it restarts and locks the file again, not cleared by a reboot. Looks like a recursive problem. Can't install because of a pending install/reconfigure and can't remove the install from the queue, Catch 22. debconf: DbDriver config: /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process nimbus:/home/cmc# lsof | grep config.dat frontend 6163root4rW REG 8,20 57340 129042 /var/cache/debconf/config.dat nimbus:/home/cmc# fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /var/cache/debconf/config.dat root 6163 f frontend nimbus:/home/cmc# ps aux | grep 6163 root 6163 0.0 0.8 10792 8772 pts/0S+ 15:03 0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend ./show-menu 0 new root 6616 0.0 0.0 1924 600 pts/1R+ 15:30 0:00 grep 6163 nimbus:/home/cmc# ps aux | grep 6163 root 6163 0.0 0.8 10792 8772 pts/0S+ 15:03 0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend ./show-menu 0 new root 6616 0.0 0.0 1924 600 pts/1R+ 15:30 0:00 grep 6163 nimbus:/home/cmc# kill 6163 nimbus:/home/cmc# ps aux | grep 6163 nimbus:/home/cmc# fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /var/cache/debconf/config.dat root 6753 f frontend Tried apt-get -f install dpkg --configure -a (twice) as per APT HOWTO Tried to identify where frontend comes from, but to no avail. nimbus:/home/cmc# apt-file search /usr/share/debconf/frontend E: No config file found : No such file or directory I have given this a good shot, done my homework, I am completely stuck. Please help. btw, installing etch beta 1 after SATA HDD problem with sarge, see Bug#342359. Regards, Chris -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686-smp Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ISO-8859-1) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#342359: installation-reports failure SATA HDD No common CD-ROM drive was detected
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 07-Dec-2005 Sarge 3.1r0a jigdo CD iso uname -a: No partitionable media Linux Debian 2.4.27-2-386 #1 THU Jan 20 10:55:08 JST 2005 i686 UNKNOWN No common CD-ROM drive was detected Linux (none) 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Mon Jan 24 03:01:58 EST 2005 i686 UNKNOWN Date: 07-Dec-2005 10:00 UTC Method: Boot from CD Machine: Dell Dimension 8400 Processor: Pentium 550 Memory: 1 Gbyte Root Device: EIDE/SATA Root Size/partition table: n.b. fdisk output from Ubuntu test install after encountering problem Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 1600 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19452 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 6 48163+ de Dell Utility /dev/sda2 * 7 19093 153316327+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 19094 19452 2883667+ db CP/M / CTOS / ... Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 800 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 12611209728267 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sdb22612504319535040 83 Linux /dev/sdb350445165 9799655 Extended (Ubuntu /) /dev/sdb550445165 979933+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris Output of lspci and lspci -n: n.b. from ubuntu 5.1 test instal [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo lspci :00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 925X Memory Controller Hub (rev 04) :00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 925X PCI Express Root Port (rev 04) :00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) :00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) :00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03) :00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03) :00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03) :00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03) :00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) :00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3) :00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03) :00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03) :00:1f.2 0106: Intel Corp. 82801FR/FRW (ICH6R/ICH6RW) SATA Controller (rev 03) :00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03) :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5b60 :01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5b70 :02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01) :04:01.0 Modem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1080 (rev 04) :04:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo lspci -n :00:00.0 0600: 8086:2584 (rev 04) :00:01.0 0604: 8086:2585 (rev 04) :00:1c.0 0604: 8086:2660 (rev 03) :00:1c.1 0604: 8086:2662 (rev 03) :00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2658 (rev 03) :00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2659 (rev 03) :00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:265a (rev 03) :00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:265b (rev 03) :00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:265c (rev 03) :00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev d3) :00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2640 (rev 03) :00:1f.1 0101: 8086:266f (rev 03) :00:1f.2 0106: 8086:2652 (rev 03) :00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:266a (rev 03) :01:00.0 0300: 1002:5b60 :01:00.1 0380: 1002:5b70 :02:00.0 0200: 14e4:1677 (rev 01) :04:01.0 0703: 8086:1080 (rev 04) :04:02.0 0401: 1102:0007 Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [E] Partition hard drives: [E] Create file systems:[ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] Comments/Problems: Seems to be a problem with SATA drives. EITHER Boot the default 2.4 kernel finds the CD-ROM but not the HDDs no partitionable media OR Boot linux26 fails to find the CD-ROM No common CD-ROM drive was detected Catch 22 A colleague gave me a copy of a ubuntu DVD to see if it could handle the SATA drives which it did successfully. I had successfully done a test install on old machine with an IDE drive. However on the DELL, installation proceeded normally until the error message. Are there any boot options that might help? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
