Public bug reported:
I had synaptic open and I launched "Hardware Drivers" and tried to
install a driver ("Firmware for DVB cards", but I suspect it doesn't
matter).
The operation failed with the message:
"SystemError: installArchives() failed"
which is quite uninformative in my opinion.
Closing synaptic, everything went fine.
Under the same conditions, the same happens when trying to uninstall the
driver.
I suggest that the behaviour should be more similar to that of the
Update Manager, which states:
"There is another synaptic running in interactive mode. Please close it
first."
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.8-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 4 05:26:38 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate i386
(20100419.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 3700
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
root=UUID=a4d4888c-4f49-4cb8-a8d7-c5c049276732 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_IE.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: jockey
dmi.bios.date: 02/10/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A01
dmi.board.name: 07VWR8
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA01:bd02/10/2010:svnDellInc.:pnVostro3700:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn07VWR8:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
dmi.product.name: Vostro 3700
dmi.product.version: Not Specified
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
** Affects: jockey (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid
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Uninformative error message when apt lock blocks operations
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