I am currently away from my Ubuntu computer (skiing with kids/friends) and will return Jan 3. I am not ignoring you. I will reply with the requested info when I return.
Thanks for your attention to my bug report. -----Original Message----- From: RedSingularity [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 12:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Bug 689445] Re: Update Manager gives 'could not get lock' error Run the following commands in a terminal and attach the files to your next post. sudo apt-get update | tee ~/Desktop/File1 sudo apt-get upgrade | tee ~/Desktop/File2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689445 Title: Update Manager gives 'could not get lock' error Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: update-manager I am seeing this error with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. This seems to be similar to bug 565791 (reported against 10.04 beta in April 2010). Details: I manually ran update manager, selected "Check for updates". It thought about things for a few seconds and popped the dialog: An error occurred The following details are provided: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? E: _cache->open() failed, please report. [Close] I have clicked on 'Close' and things appear to be proceeding. If there is more trouble I will add further comments. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: update-manager 1:0.134.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-26.48-generic 2.6.32.24+drm33.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-26-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Dec 12 16:42:42 2010 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: update-manager To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update- manager/+bug/689445/+subscribe -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689445 Title: Update Manager gives 'could not get lock' error -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
