Comment 16 for bug 134858
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| Chris McCauley (chris-avondalepark) wrote Re: [Bug 134858] Re: update-manager freezes due to defunct dpkg process | #16 |
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Hi,
Some news on my side too. For a few weeks now this bug has happened to
me _at least_ once a day. I often also get the "Error in select()"
message. Following your suggestion last week Martin, I have started
using xterm rather than gnome-terminal to do "aptitude full-upgrade".
Although not a scientific experiment, I have not had the problem for
some days though I am still doing two upgrades a day.
Yesterday I forgot and did an upgrade with gnome-terminal and got the
same error with an "Error in select()" message. It looks like there is
some interaction with gnome-terminal and dpkg which is different from
how xterm and dpkg interact.
So not scientific but interesting...
Chris
Martin Emrich wrote:
> News on my side:
>
> I tried to install grub-info (in gnome-terminal), and while apt/dpkg read read its database, I resized the window, and then I saw this "Error in select()".
> I quickly opened another terminal and hit "ps aux", dpkg still alive. Then came "272072 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.", I hit "ps aux" again, and now dpkg is <defunct>.
>
> martin@garrett:~$ sudo apt-get install grub-doc
> Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
> Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
> Reading state information... Fertig
> Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden installiert:
> grub-doc
> 0 aktualisiert, 1 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 2 nicht aktualisiert.
> Es müssen 278kB Archive geholt werden.
> Nach dem Auspacken werden 971kB Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
> Hole:1 http://
> Es wurden 278kB in 0s geholt (463kB/s)
> Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket grub-doc.
> (Lese Datenbank ... Error in select()
> 272072 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
>
> 1-2 minutes later, I hit some keys in the terminal, and suddenly
> it went on:
>
> fvRichte grub-doc ein (0.97-29ubuntu3) ...
> ff
>
> So, from my side, I would rule out update-manager or synaptic as a source of the problem.
> As nobody else posted a "me too" here, I'd say it is triggered either by a certain software configuration,
> or by a certain X configuration. I have an nvidia card with "nvidia" driver, two displays with nvidia-Xinerama.
>
> Ciao
>
> Martin
>
>