Jockey notifies user of "crash" when dpkg database is locked

[Tom Gelinas]

Jockey prompts for a bug report and notifies user of a "crash" when it attempts to install a driver while another dpkg session is running. Ubuntu Software Centre gives a helpful reminder/notification that it is waiting until the other dpkg session is finished. See attached file .var.log.jockey.log.txt for details.

This is alarming for anyone that isn't capable of reading logs.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: jockey-common 0.9.4-0ubuntu10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 8 04:27:48 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110803.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 17ef:480f Lenovo Integrated Webcam [R5U877]
MachineType: LENOVO 4313CTO
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend --debug -l /var/log/jockey.log
ProcEnviron:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic rhostnamet=UUID=1c804d8c-f80c-4ee8-ad9f-d4b8c97023b1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend', '--debug', '-l', '/var/log/jockey.log']
SourcePackage: jockey
Title: jockey-backend crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
Traceback: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 05/24/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6MET86WW (1.46 )
dmi.board.name: 4313CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6MET86WW(1.46):bd05/24/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4313CTO:pvrThinkPadT510:rvnLENOVO:rn4313CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 4313CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T510
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO