synaptic/apt-get/Add/Remove errors on Gutsy Beta LiveCD
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gnome-app-install (Ubuntu) |
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synaptic (Ubuntu) |
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: synaptic
Ubuntu Gutsy Beta LiveCD, checked on first boot with the "Check This CD" ingegrity checker, and passed.
Starts normally, most apps run just fine, but:
* Synaptic will not start at all
* Add/Remove Apps hangs on startup, and has to be killed.
* apt-get or aptitude from the command line complain that something else is already using dpkg:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
There is nothing running (visible in gnome-system-
And a dpkg lock shouldn't be preventing Synaptic or Add/Remove from starting.
This could well be an error in my livecd, but the ISO checked out w/ md5sum and the 'Check This CD' app reported no errors.
All things aside, a dpkg lock should most certainly prevent synaptic, or any package manager from running. The LiveCD uses both internet and the local cd repo, is it possible synaptic was just busy timing out during its operation? or did it hard lock with no errors? Can you try and run synaptic from a terminal to get the output of why it will not start? if it does start and crashes we could use that output also (will be in /var/crash/).
Thanks,
David P.