update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseLockError in __init__(): Unable to get write lock on /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.1: already locked

Bug #708856 reported by col reilly
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: apt-xapian-index

error occurred after logging in and getting to the gnome desktop. had been fiddling with the fglrx driver to try and get unity working but don't think it's related.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: apt-xapian-index 0.41ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jan 27 20:02:20 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101205)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --update -q
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '--update', '-q']
SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseLockError in __init__(): Unable to get write lock on /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.1: already locked
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col reilly (lupinehorror) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #684037, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
visibility: private → public
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