Comment 12 for bug 349469

Thanks, Colin...I'll give it a go

cheers

kate

On 22 June 2011 10:43, Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote:
> I recommend against Thomas' method in comment #8.  While it is
> technically a cache, removing it removes all saved answers to debconf
> questions, and you'll have to answer them all again on future upgrades!
>
> Simply rebooting, while inelegant, would be much less destructive.
>
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> Title:
>  debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
>  another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
>
> Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
>  Triaged
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: cups
>
>  Crash detection report attached.
>
>  ProblemType: Package
>  Architecture: i386
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
>  ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>  Package: cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu8
>  SourcePackage: cups
>  Title: package cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686
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