I'm not sure by any means but I'm informed that the driver manager should be able to check to see what is installed and what is available with out needing to lock the database. Whether this is actually what it does is question for the developers of restricted drivers manager.
Another thing that could have a caused a lock is a second instance of synaptic/apt-get/dpkg running at the same time but I'm assuming that's not the case or you'd have noticed. -- first update fails after fresh hardy install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208112 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
