package dhcp3-server None failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Jerrod Barton]

dpkg --cnfigure and dependency errors occure when trying to install package gadmintools
ubuntu 8.04 server i386

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 19 08:03:17 2008
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: dhcp3-server None
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: dhcp3
Title: package dhcp3-server None failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-server i686

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

Here is the error:

Setting up dhcp3-server (3.0.6.dfsg-1ubuntu9) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing dhcp3-server (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

What is the output of the following command on a terminal:
$ lsof /var/cache/debconf/config.dat

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!