package libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Ron]

Binary package hint: php5

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 16 13:52:38 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
SourcePackage: php5
Title: package libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (17 days ago)

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Hi Ron, this is a temporary issue that occasionallly comes up if some other configuration script is accessing the debconf database:

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

Please try your updates/upgrades again and they should work just fine.

Closing as Invalid.

[Ron (swamp-rh)]

Did as suggested with the following result:

The following packages will be upgraded:
   postfix
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
29 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/1,165 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B 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 ... 181555 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace postfix 2.8.2-1ubuntu1 (using
.../postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
  subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
  /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Can't seem to get past this error. It's been a couple of weeks.. Almost
makes one think of what MS windows 7 is like. ( almost but never)

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.

-Eleanor Holmes Norton, US Congressional Delegate

On 11-05-16 05:18 PM, Clint Byrum wrote:
> Hi Ron, this is a temporary issue that occasionallly comes up if some
> other configuration script is accessing the debconf database:
>
> debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
> another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
>
> Please try your updates/upgrades again and they should work just fine.
>
> Closing as Invalid.
>
> ** Changed in: php5 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Excerpts from Ron's message of Tue May 17 00:18:20 UTC 2011:
> Did as suggested with the following result:
>
>
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> postfix
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 29 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0 B/1,165 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 0 B 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 ... 181555 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace postfix 2.8.2-1ubuntu1 (using
> .../postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb) ...
> debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
> another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>
> Can't seem to get past this error. It's been a couple of weeks.. Almost
> makes one think of what MS windows 7 is like. ( almost but never)

Ron, I understand the frustration. Its entirely possible there is
another process holding this file open that shouldn't be, which would
be a bug. Can you open a Terminal and add the output of this command to
the bug report:

sudo fuser -vu /var/cache/debconf/config.dat

It should show the process which has config.dat locked. If you determine
that its ok to kill that process, you can run:

sudo kill #####

Where ##### is the process ID shown in the output of fuser.

[Ron (swamp-rh)]

I ran command as suggested, with a process as :

                      USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat:
                      root 13393 F.... (root)frontend
I killed process and update/ upgrade finished without error.

Thanks, we can call this a fix.

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.

-Eleanor Holmes Norton, US Congressional Delegate

On 11-05-18 10:04 AM, Clint Byrum wrote:
> Excerpts from Ron's message of Tue May 17 00:18:20 UTC 2011:
>> Did as suggested with the following result:
>>
>>
>> The following packages will be upgraded:
>> postfix
>> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> 29 not fully installed or removed.
>> Need to get 0 B/1,165 kB of archives.
>> After this operation, 0 B 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 ... 181555 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to replace postfix 2.8.2-1ubuntu1 (using
>> .../postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb) ...
>> debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
>> another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
>> dpkg: error processing
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
>> subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb
>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>
>>
>> Can't seem to get past this error. It's been a couple of weeks.. Almost
>> makes one think of what MS windows 7 is like. ( almost but never)
> Ron, I understand the frustration. Its entirely possible there is
> another process holding this file open that shouldn't be, which would
> be a bug. Can you open a Terminal and add the output of this command to
> the bug report:
>
> sudo fuser -vu /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
>
> It should show the process which has config.dat locked. If you determine
> that its ok to kill that process, you can run:
>
> sudo kill #####
>
> Where ##### is the process ID shown in the output of fuser.
>

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Excerpts from Ron's message of Wed May 18 19:40:25 UTC 2011:
> I ran command as suggested, with a process as :
>
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /var/cache/debconf/config.dat:
> root 13393 F.... (root)frontend
> I killed process and update/ upgrade finished without error.
>
> Thanks, we can call this a fix.

Thanks for the patience to work through it Ron. I think there's still a bug, but
it seems unlikely we'll be able to figure it out. Its also just possible a window
asking for configuration details was minimized or somehow otherwise hidden.

[Ron (swamp-rh)]

update failed with the following info.

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en
Fetched 2,779 B in 8s (326 B/s)
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource
temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is
another process using it?

Used sudo fuser -vu /var/lib/dpkg with no info returned

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.

-Eleanor Holmes Norton, US Congressional Delegate

On 11-05-18 04:06 PM, Clint Byrum wrote:
> Excerpts from Ron's message of Wed May 18 19:40:25 UTC 2011:
>> I ran command as suggested, with a process as :
>>
>> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
>> /var/cache/debconf/config.dat:
>> root 13393 F.... (root)frontend
>> I killed process and update/ upgrade finished without error.
>>
>> Thanks, we can call this a fix.
> Thanks for the patience to work through it Ron. I think there's still a bug, but
> it seems unlikely we'll be able to figure it out. Its also just possible a window
> asking for configuration details was minimized or somehow otherwise hidden.
>

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Excerpts from Ron's message of Fri May 20 05:36:56 UTC 2011:
> update failed with the following info.
>
> Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en_CA
> Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en
> Fetched 2,779 B in 8s (326 B/s)
> E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource
> temporarily unavailable)
> E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is
> another process using it?
>
> Used sudo fuser -vu /var/lib/dpkg with no info returned

Ron, the file would have been /var/lib/dpkg/lock

I'm guessing something is going wrong on your system if this
has crept up in another, slightly different way. Either way,
this is a different error, and, therefore, a different bug
so please open a new report if you feel that it is something
wrong with the software.

I notice that you have some PPA's enabled, I wonder if maybe you have
some packages that have damaged your system in some way.

[Ron (swamp-rh)]

I was thinking the same thing. I'm looking for an iso file to
re-install everything.

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.

-Eleanor Holmes Norton, US Congressional Delegate

On 11-05-20 10:44 AM, Clint Byrum wrote:
> Excerpts from Ron's message of Fri May 20 05:36:56 UTC 2011:
>> update failed with the following info.
>>
>> Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en_CA
>> Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en
>> Fetched 2,779 B in 8s (326 B/s)
>> E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource
>> temporarily unavailable)
>> E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is
>> another process using it?
>>
>> Used sudo fuser -vu /var/lib/dpkg with no info returned
> Ron, the file would have been /var/lib/dpkg/lock
>
> I'm guessing something is going wrong on your system if this
> has crept up in another, slightly different way. Either way,
> this is a different error, and, therefore, a different bug
> so please open a new report if you feel that it is something
> wrong with the software.
>
> I notice that you have some PPA's enabled, I wonder if maybe you have
> some packages that have damaged your system in some way.
>