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Adept gives a message that the packaging database is locked by another program.

Asked by dansmith57a

when trying to launch adept i get a notice that the packaging database is locked by another program.
I am unuaware of any other running program that would use this database. after reading support request #453, I ran sudu dpkg --configure -a.
this returned this message : "status database area is locked by another process".

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Nicolas DERIVE (kalon33) said : 		#1

Is this problem appears a long time after running your computer ? Try to launch adept atfer a while (~20 minutes) to see if it's doing that.

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Frode M. Døving (frode) said : 		#2

Use this command from konsole:
$ sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock

This will ask you if you want to kill the process using the file.

Now you can run:
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
to make sure all packages are fully installed.

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dansmith57a (dansmith57a) said : 		#3

Thanks, Mr. Doeving. That worked.

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Romaindeb (romaindeb) said : 		#4

Yeah thanks doeving, i have been trying to fix that for a couple hours now...

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rbots (rbots) said : 		#5

Mr. Doeving, you are a Genius. This problem has been plaguing me many, many times.

Thank You !!!

Kirk

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rbots (rbots) said : 		#6

Hello All.
Can anyone tell me why an Nvidia Geforce2 MMX will not operate properly under Edgy. The Hardware select shows it and I have a samsung 173S. I really just want to use the AGP for the speed it offers. All I get is raster lines of blue. Tried Vesa mode also. Pute iis i386 running at 800mhx with only 192mg, 40gig HD.

M/B is ASUS. Vid runs great using a different AGP card.

Any education will be very much appreciated,

Kirk