[Bug 260319] Re: libpam-runtime fails to install (debconf DbDriver error)

[dino99]

outdated report & no more maintained distro; please send a new one if
that issue still exist (using ubuntu-bug)

** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  libpam-runtime fails to install (debconf DbDriver error)

Status in grub package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: libpam-runtime

  Updating using update-manager fails due to the package libpam-runtime
  (1.0.1-3ubuntu3). The following error details are provided by update-
  manager:

  debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
  Setting up libpam-runtime (1.0.1-3ubuntu3) ...
  debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
  dpkg: error processing libpam-runtime (--configure):
   subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   libpam-runtime
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  [...]

  I'm running an otherwise up-to-date Ubuntu Intrepid and have received
  this error twice in different updates over the last 24 hours. The
  problem appears to be with /usr/sbin/update-grub locking
  /var/cache/debconf/config.dat.

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
  Release:	8.10

  $ sudo fuser /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
  /var/cache/debconf/config.dat:  4503

  $ ps aux | grep 4503
  root      4503  0.0  0.8  10816  9088 ?        S    08:39   0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /usr/sbin/update-grub

  $ sudo kill 4503

  After killing the process (4503 in this case) and running update-
  manager again, the upgrade can be completed successfully.

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