Hello Marcel, thankyou for your advice, I did as you advised, but found that i have no broken packages to fix, so i clicked on it, but nothing happened, and then tried to use janitor again to no avail... any more options? thanks again
On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 09:53 +0000, Marcel Stimberg wrote: > Thanks, that confirms my observation. The problem is that computer > janitor gives the error message you encountered whenever *something* > goes wrong during the deletion process. In my case it try to delete > files that did not exist, in your case there seems to be a conflict > between packages (that occasionally happens if you work with a pre- > release version). > > To fix your problem you should open the synaptic package manager (System > > Administration) and chose Edit > Fix broken packages. After this is > fixed, computer janitor should work as well. > > ** Summary changed: > > - Computer Janitor wont delete files, saying close other package managers, > but there are none running...? help? > + Computer Janitor gives misleading error message "close other package > managers" when none are running > > ** Changed in: computer-janitor (Ubuntu) > Status: Incomplete => Confirmed > -- Computer Janitor gives misleading error message "close other package managers" when none are running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657198 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
