** Summary changed: - dpkg fails with deconf locked + dpkg fails with debconf locked
** Description changed: - when install a kernel dpkg fails and reports deconf locked + when install a kernel dpkg fails and reports debconf locked [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src$ sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.24-hydra2_2.6.24-hydra2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb [sudo] password for linux1: Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.24-hydra2. (Reading database ... 274328 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking linux-image-2.6.24-hydra2 (from linux-image-2.6.24-hydra2_2.6.24-hydra2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb) ... Done. Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-hydra2 (2.6.24-hydra2-10.00.Custom) ... Running depmod. Finding valid ramdisk creators. Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk. find: /lib/firmware/2.6.24-hydra2: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.24-hydra2: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.24-hydra2: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.24-hydra2: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.24-hydra2: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.24-hydra2: No such file or directory Running postinst hook script update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.24-hydra2 Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.24-5-generic Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.24-4-generic Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable User postinst hook script [update-grub] exited with value 1 dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-hydra2 (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.24-hydra2 can confirm with link to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=687448 hope this helps -- dpkg fails with debconf locked https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189005 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs