I just hit this bug while installing 12.04 from a flashdrive basically it was a simple case of user error, however it is also a program error too, because it is not effective for a program to crash as a means to tell the user that they did something wrong.
if a program has a choice between crashing or checking to see if a file is locked, then it should certainly do the check... this allows the program to exit gracefully and clean-up and most especially it allows for proper informational notices. The alternative is that the user is left perplexed, the bug database gets flooded, and users are forced to reboot because of a simple error.... Steps to Repro (this is only one of many possible scenarios) 1) Start the Installer (ubiquity) 2) While on the "Welcome" choose language screen, open a terminal 3) sudo apt-get install lm-sensors (or any other not currently installed program) result: crash expected: error message telling me the resource is locked note: after quiting the installer... find that system is in unusable state and must reboot someone needs to give that program a dose of Ubuntu Community Spirit :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349469 Title: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/debconf/+bug/349469/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
