dpkg locks up operations upon error frontend: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0

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Binary package hint: php5

automatically-generated bug report
Upgrading ubuntu from 9.04 -> 9.10 -> 10.04.01

package failed to install. The terminal window was in front of the dialog box asking if I wanted to keep the existing /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini or replace it.

There being no way to continue, I rebooted the machine, and then did a partial upgrade. The partial upgrade came to the same choice, where I chose to replace it (after making a copy of the existing file)

1)
# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04

2)
# apt-cache policy libapache2-mod-php5
libapache2-mod-php5:
  Installed: 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.5
  Candidate: 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.5
  Version table:
 *** 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.5 0
        500 http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/ubuntu.com/packages/ lucid-security/main Packages
        500 http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/ubuntu.com/packages/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     5.3.2-1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/ubuntu.com/packages/ lucid/main Packages

3)
doh

4)
see notes above

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 4 07:00:51 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
SourcePackage: php5
Title: package libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Hi derek, thanks for taking the time to file this bug report and help us make Ubuntu better!

I see this in the DpkgTerminalLog.txt:

Installing new version of config file /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.conf ...
frontend: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.

That is most likely a transient error, but one that dpkg should probably handle better. I can see other bug reports with the same error message and they appear not to be reproducible. However, this seems like a point where dpkg's X frontend could simple retry (as it should with an error message like that).

Re-assigning to dpkg, and marking as Confirmed based on bug 505277 and bug 406698 which seem to be the same issue (and will be marked as duplicates of this one).

[Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog)]

dpkg has no "X" frontend and this error message doesn't come from dpkg. What apt frontend were you using when you had the error? In the mean time reassigning this to apt.

[dino99 (9d9)]

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