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

[col reilly]

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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