dpkg has no "X" frontend and this error message doesn't come from dpkg. What apt frontend were you using when you had the error? In the mean time reassigning this to apt.
** Package changed: dpkg (Ubuntu) => apt (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670981 Title: dpkg locks up operations upon error frontend: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/670981/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs