Received Sat 01 Jun 2002 10:16am +1000 from Joey Hess: > Graham Williams wrote: > > I've got myself stuck somehow with upgrading some packages (am current > > with "unstable"). After a recent apt-get dist-upgrade I now have: > > > > debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by > > another process > > Well it seems that you have another debconf instance running somewhere. > Perhaps you're reconfiguring a package on another virtual console? Only > a running process can keep this lock held, so find it and kill it and > you should be ok.
Thanks for the advice. I've found a "dpkg-reconfigur" running. Killing that it fixed it. Regards, Graham -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]