if i unlock apt when i stalls i get the following, traceback included and i didnt have to use ^C to get the traceback this happened on its own this time:
gnomefr...@development:~$ sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock;sudo dpkg --configure -a [sudo] password for gnomefreak: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /var/lib/dpkg/lock: root 2065 F.... dpkg Kill process 2065 ? (y/N) y Setting up software-center (3.1.2) ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/update-software-center", line 131, in <module> rebuild_database(pathname) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/update.py", line 582, in rebuild_database db = xapian.WritableDatabase(pathname, xapian.DB_CREATE_OR_OVERWRITE) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/xapian.py", line 3195, in __init__ _xapian.WritableDatabase_swiginit(self,_xapian.new_WritableDatabase(*args)) xapian.DatabaseLockError: Unable to acquire database write lock on /var/cache/software-center/xapian: already locked Processing triggers for python-central ... Setting up ubuntu-desktop (1.208) ... Setting up xulrunner-2.0 (2.0~b8~hg20101122r57984+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~umd1) ... ^Cdpkg: error processing xulrunner-2.0 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt) Errors were encountered while processing: xulrunner-2.0 -- Software-center is not configuring but instead i get a trace back https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/677431 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs