package gpm 1p.20.4-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Syed Sayem]

Binary package hint: gpm

package gpm 1.20.4-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: gpm 1.20.4-2ubuntu1
SourcePackage: gpm
Title: package gpm 1.20.4-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The error is:

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Setting up gpm (1.20.4-2ubuntu1) ...

debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

dpkg: error processing gpm (--configure):

 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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This may be a transient situation. Can you please retry the update and if it happens again then find the culprit with:
fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat

Thanks.

[Syed Sayem (sayem)]

Thank you so much for your quick response!! I appreciate your help. I have removed "gpm" from the Synaptic, and the error is gone, Thanks

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for following up. I'm closing this report because you've fixed it and this is not reproducible. Don't hesitate to reopen if it happens again.

Thanks for your help to make Ubuntu better.