| 2012-04-22 06:31:45 |
Daniel Letzeisen |
description |
Binary package hint: jockey-gtk
If I activate or deactivate a restricted hardware module, with Synaptic or another packet related software in the background, the message I get is:
SystemError: Failed to lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
I think this message should be uniformed with other apt lock messages, something like "Please close your packet manager before changing your drivers setup" (something like that, but in good english... :-))
The issue is in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid
The packet should be: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+package/jockey-gtk
Thanks! |
Description updated 4/22/2012
Jockey depends on being able to get a dpkg lock, and if another GUI like Synaptic is running at the same time, this will fail in an invisible script running hidden behind the gui, and tell you...
Sorry, the installation of this driver failed.
Please have a look at the log file for details: /var/log/jockey.log
What should happen instead - Jockey should pause and interactively tell you to shut down Synaptic (or whatever package manager has the lock) in order to be able to proceed further. Perhaps easier, it should check on this before beginning the process. |
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