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Comment 27 for bug 48627

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James Pirie (jkp-bluebottle) wrote : Re: [Bug 48627] Re: Poor resolution of "database locked" problem

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:36:53 +0100, Yuriy Kozlov <email address hidden>
wrote:

> James: Thanks for your interest in testing. However, the attached patch
> has already been applied and it seems it still doesn't fix the problem
> in some situations such as yours. You should be able to work around
> this bug by running:
> dpkg --configure -a

Hi Yuriy,
             I've tried everything I can find on the subject and still
nothing :(

james@K-Asus:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: status database area is locked by another process

This was the result!

You say the patch has been applied but...I didn't apply it. Do I take it
that the patch is already included in the distribution I have installed?
Also, could this locked database have anything to do with a failed attempt
to install SuSE Linux? I just installed Kubuntu over the top and it
reformatted the partitions anyway? SUSE did not make half as good a job
of setting up my system that Kubuntu did, hence my return to it! :)

If you have any further suggestins I would appreciate it. Should I re
install?

James

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