Hello,
I'm getting a circular problem upgrading cups in ceres. I've been
tackling this for a week or so. I need two root terminals open: one
to apt-get and the other to top + kill apt-get and dpkg. The sequence
goes like this:
[xterm1]#apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
...
all goes well (apart from the nvidea-persistentd under discussion)
... then comes the problem
Setting up printer-driver-cups-pdf (3.0.1-6) ...
Reloading Common Unix Printing System: cupsd
[apt-get freezes]
[xterm2]# top
#kill PID of apt-get
#apt-get install -f
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process [PID]
(dpkg)
N: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and
may break your system.
E: Unable to lock the administration directory
(/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
# kill PID of dpkg
[xterm1] # Terminated
# empty prompt
[xterm2} # apt-get install -f
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to
correct the problem.
#dpkg --configure -a
...all goes well until
[xterm2] #Setting up printer-driver-cups-pdf (3.0.1-6) ...
Reloading Common Unix Printing System: cupsd.
[dpkg freezes]
[but a simple Ctrl+C allows it to proceed]
^Cdpkg: error processing package printer-driver-cups-pdf (--configure):
installed printer-driver-cups-pdf package post-installation script
subprocess was interrupted
and so on.
I've tried to apt-get remove --purge printer-driver-cups-pdf but it
removes it and then freezes immediately after, presumably on the
post-installation script.
The only way I've been able to get this far (it used to freeze
at reloading cupsd) was by using the linux-brprinter-installer script
from brother which crashes through everything with a dpkg -f option.
Any ideas?
Many thanks
fraser
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