dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.32-33-server_2.6.32-33.71_amd64.deb

[James Freer]

-----Original Message-----
From: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut at gmail.com>
To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions 
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 23:52
Subject: dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.32-33-server_2.6.32-33.71_amd64.d
eb


Hi,

I get the following error. Does anybody know how to fix it?

~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer 
required:
  linux-headers-2.6.32-32-server linux-headers-2.6.32-32
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-image-2.6.32-33-server
Suggested packages:
  fdutils linux-doc-2.6.32 linux-source-2.6.32 linux-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-image-2.6.32-33-server
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
6 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/31.8MB of archives.
After this operation, 128MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
(Reading database ... 162535 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.32-33-server (from
.../linux-image-2.6.32-33-server_2.6.32-33.71_amd64.deb) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.32-33-server_2.6.32-33.71_amd64.d
eb
(--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Running postrm hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-32-server
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-32-server
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-server
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-28-server
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
done
Errors were encountered while processing:
  
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.32-33-server_2.6.32-33.71_amd64.d
eb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Regards,
Peng

Try using the verbose option as well or using aptitude - as they'll 
provide more info.

james