Database Locked - Adept Crashes

[Earl Violet]

--- Ronnie Tucker <ronnie at ronnietucker.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi all, this is a weird problem that's come right out of the
> blue...
> 
> If I try to load up my Adept I get:
> Database Locked - Another process is using the packaging system
> Resolve Problem? Yes/No/Cancel.
> 
> If I choose Yes it crashes with the message:
> Signal 6 (SIGABRT)
> and if I click the Backtrace tab I get:
> 'Backtrace appears to be if no use.'
> 
> I loaded up KSysGuard and I seem to have:
> adept_notifier - running under my user name
> adept_updater - running as 'root'.
> 
> adept_updater seems odd as I'm already running a bang up to date
> Gutsy   :/
> 
> I tried rebooting the PC but everything is still as above.
> 
> Assuming adept_updater is my my problem, how can I stop it loading
> at boot?
from the command line run 

sudo ps aux | grep adept

then run 

sudo kill PROCESS NUMBER

Earl

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