I've attached a screenshot of the very confusing dialog I get when two instances of apt are running simultaneously. The dialog states:
"Another synaptic is running" "There is another synaptic running in interactive mode. Please close it first." To cause this dialog to appear, I opened Update Manager and Software Sources at the same time. Neither of these programs is named "synaptic" as far as the user is aware. What is synaptic? Why do I need to close it? How do I know which application this is referring to? How about the following alternative dialog in Software Sources, when Update Manager is holding the apt lock: "Could not update software sources" "Software sources could not be refreshed because Update Manager is accessing the same information. Please close Update Manager first." ** Attachment added: "another_synaptic_is_running.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27431618/another_synaptic_is_running.png -- Apt's unable to acquire lock message isn't user friendly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/74134 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
