trouoble installing 13.04 onn an HP650 laptop

Bug #1194066 reported by David Leyland
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man-db (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Grub not installing. failed to install on /target.

Boot repair tells me that its on a GPT not MBR install.

Help!!!

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: man-db 2.6.3-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
AptOrdering:
 grub-gfxpayload-lists: Install
 grub2-common: Install
 man-db: Configure
 grub-gfxpayload-lists: Configure
 grub2-common: Configure
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.331
Date: Mon Jun 24 10:02:50 2013
DuplicateSignature:
 Setting up man-db (2.6.3-3) ...
 debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
 dpkg: error processing man-db (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: man-db
Title: package man-db 2.6.3-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
David Leyland (dave-leyland) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

This indicates that there is a package management program running somewhere else, possibly in the background. The remedy is to find it and shut it down. This is not a bug in man-db as such, although fixing bug 1372673 would mean that man-db no longer spuriously shows up as associated with this problem.

Changed in man-db (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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