[Bug 349469] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

[Brad M]

I cannot get WINE1.3 to uninstall, Software Center and Synaptic Pkg
Manager have become completely useless until I get around this :

debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/wine1.3_1.3.36-0ubuntu1~ppa1~oneiric1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


pstree -s $pid
init─┬─/usr/bin/termin─┬─/usr/bin/termin
     │                 ├─bash───pstree
     │                 └─3*[{/usr/bin/termi}]
     ├─NetworkManager─┬─dhclient
     │                └─2*[{NetworkManager}]
     ├─accounts-daemon───{accounts-daemo}
     ├─acpid
     ├─apache2─┬─apache2
     │         └─2*[apache2───26*[{apache2}]]
     ├─aptd
     ├─atd
     ├─avahi-daemon───avahi-daemon
     ├─bluetoothd
     ├─colord───2*[{colord}]
     ├─console-kit-dae───64*[{console-kit-da}]
     ├─cron
     ├─cupsd
     ├─2*[dbus-daemon]
     ├─dbus-launch
     ├─dconf-service───2*[{dconf-service}]
     ├─dpkg───frontend─┬─preinst
     │                 └─whiptail
     ├─firefox─┬─plugin-containe───9*[{plugin-contain}]
     │         └─25*[{firefox}]
     ├─gconfd-2
     ├─6*[getty]
     ├─gnome-keyring-d───4*[{gnome-keyring-}]
     ├─gsd-printer───{gsd-printer}
     ├─gvfs-afc-volume───{gvfs-afc-volum}
     ├─gvfs-fuse-daemo───3*[{gvfs-fuse-daem}]
     ├─gvfs-gdu-volume
     ├─gvfs-gphoto2-vo
     ├─gvfsd
     ├─gvfsd-burn
     ├─gvfsd-http───2*[{gvfsd-http}]
     ├─gvfsd-metadata
     ├─gvfsd-trash
     ├─irqbalance
     ├─lightdm─┬─Xorg
     │         ├─gnome-session─┬─applet.py
     │         │               ├─bluetooth-apple───{bluetooth-appl}
     │         │               ├─deja-dup-monito───2*[{deja-dup-monit}]
     │         │               ├─gdu-notificatio
     │         │               ├─gnome-fallback-───2*[{gnome-fallback}]
     │         │               ├─gnome-panel───2*[{gnome-panel}]
     │         │               ├─gnome-settings-───2*[{gnome-settings}]
     │         │               ├─gnome-sound-app───{gnome-sound-ap}
     │         │               ├─metacity───2*[{metacity}]
     │         │               ├─nautilus───2*[{nautilus}]
     │         │               ├─nm-applet───{nm-applet}
     │         │               ├─polkit-gnome-au───2*[{polkit-gnome-a}]
     │         │               ├─ssh-agent
     │         │               ├─telepathy-indic───{telepathy-indi}
     │         │               ├─update-notifier───3*[{update-notifie}]
     │         │               ├─zeitgeist-datah───{zeitgeist-data}
     │         │               └─3*[{gnome-session}]
     │         └─2*[{lightdm}]
     ├─mission-control
     ├─modem-manager
     ├─notify-osd───2*[{notify-osd}]
     ├─oneconf-service───2*[{oneconf-servic}]
     ├─polkitd───{polkitd}
     ├─pulseaudio─┬─gconf-helper
     │            └─3*[{pulseaudio}]
     ├─python
     ├─python───{python}
     ├─rsyslogd───3*[{rsyslogd}]
     ├─rtkit-daemon───2*[{rtkit-daemon}]
     ├─software-center───5*[{software-cente}]
     ├─system-service-
     ├─telepathy-logge───2*[{telepathy-logg}]
     ├─udevd───2*[udevd]
     ├─udisks-daemon─┬─udisks-daemon
     │               └─2*[{udisks-daemon}]
     ├─update-apt-xapi
     ├─upowerd───2*[{upowerd}]
     ├─upstart-socket-
     ├─upstart-udev-br
     └─zeitgeist-daemo─┬─cat
                       └─{zeitgeist-daem}

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Title:
  debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
  another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  If you have encountered this bug, please run:

    sudo fuser /var/cache/debconf/config.dat

  for each of the shown process IDs, please run:

    pstree -s $pid

  and report the output to this bug.

  Binary package hint: cups

  Crash detection report attached.

  ProblemType: Package
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
  ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu8
  SourcePackage: cups
  Title: package cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

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