Config.dat locked and can't update on 18.04

[Cody Smith]

>From what I'm reading, you're trying to unlock the wrong config.dat file,
check that doesn't exist, unless the typo of /car is only in the email.

If it is, try rebooting, that could very well clear this up.

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 9:54 AM Dale Trombley <buzzmandt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Searching I tried the following fixes.
>
> fuser -v /car/cache/debconf/config.dat
>
> in order to find user process to kill it but that command hangs and
> returns nothing. This seems to be the right fix but isn't working for me
>
> Also found this and also didn't work
>
> sudo touch /var/lib/dpkg/lock
> sudo dpkg --configure -a
>
> I'm at a loss for something that might work.
> Currently affective errors are
> libpam-systemd
> tzdata
> libssl1.1
> openssl
> ubuntu-minimal
> sane-utils
> xserver-xorg-legacy
> ubuntu-standard
> linux-headers-4.15.0.55-generic
> linux-headers-generic
> linux-generic
>
> This is my mom's computer and I only get by there once every few days so
> please keep the suggestions coming and I'll update once I try em.
>
> Full error readout follows
>
> sudo dpkg --configure -a
> [sudo] password for ********:
> Setting up libpam-systemd:amd64 (237-3ubuntu10.24) ...
> debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
> another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
> dpkg: error processing package libpam-systemd:amd64 (--configure):
> installed libpam-systemd:amd64 package post-installation script subprocess
> returned error exit status 1
> Setting up tzdata (2019b-0ubuntu0.18.04) ...
> debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
> another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
> dpkg: error processing package tzdata (--configure):
> installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned
> error exit status 1
> Setting up libssl1.1:amd64 (1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.4) ...
> debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
> another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
> dpkg: error processing package libssl1.1:amd64 (--configure):
> installed libssl1.1:amd64 package post-installation script subprocess
> returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openssl:
> openssl depends on libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1); however:
>  Package libssl1.1:amd64 is not configured yet.
>
> dpkg: error processing package openssl (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-minimal:
> ubuntu-minimal depends on tzdata; however:
>  Package tzdata is not configured yet.
>
> dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-minimal (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Setting up sane-utils (1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu2.1) ...
> debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
> another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
> dpkg: error processing package sane-utils (--configure):
> installed sane-utils package post-installation script subprocess returned
> error exit status 1
> Setting up xserver-xorg-legacy (2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.3) ...
> debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
> another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
> dpkg: error processing package xserver-xorg-legacy (--configure):
> installed xserver-xorg-legacy package post-installation script subprocess
> returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-standard:
> ubuntu-standard depends on libpam-systemd; however:
>  Package libpam-systemd:amd64 is not configured yet.
>
> dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-standard (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
> linux-headers-4.15.0-55-generic:
>
> linux-headers-4.15.0-55-generic depends on libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0); however:
>
>  Package libssl1.1:amd64 is not configured yet.
>
> dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-4.15.0-55-generic
> (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic:
> linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-4.15.0-55-generic; however:
>  Package linux-headers-4.15.0-55-generic is not configured yet.
>
> dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-generic (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
> linux-generic depends on linux-headers-generic (= 4.15.0.55.57); however:
>  Package linux-headers-generic is not configured yet.
>
> dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> libpam-systemd:amd64
> tzdata
> libssl1.1:amd64
> openssl
> ubuntu-minimal
> sane-utils
> xserver-xorg-legacy
> ubuntu-standard
> linux-headers-4.15.0-55-generic
> linux-headers-generic
> linux-generic
>
>
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