Hi, I can't figure out what the problem was, but it looked like dpkg was running twice. I was only using the update manager so...
Anyhow, update/upgrade went fine after a restart so problem solved. Thank you for the quick response. -Thomas Op 11-05-2011 08:53, Raphaël Hertzog schreef: > The root problem is that a dpkg invocation is failing because it can't > get the lock. > > dpkg: status database area is locked by another process > > And apt then tries to configure the package that has not been unpacked > in this previous invocation. > > Were you using dpkg in parallel to update-manager? > > I'm not sure how else it could have happened... > > > ** Summary changed: > > - package xserver-xorg-video-apm 1:1.2.3-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: > ErrorMessage: package xserver-xorg-video-apm is already installed and > configured > + dpkg fails to get the lock, and confuses apt > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/780731 Title: dpkg fails to get the lock, and confuses apt -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
