update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseLockError in __init__(): Unable to get write lock on /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.2: already locked

Bug #840984 reported by Ben Andersen
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
apt-xapian-index (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

I was installing on a new computer and was just updating the packages. I went away and when I got back the computer was locked. I unlocked it and saw this problem dialog. Btw I'm installing on an older SSD disk that might have disk errors?

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: apt-xapian-index 0.41ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Sep 4 14:50:49 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --force --quiet
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '--force', '--quiet']
SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseLockError in __init__(): Unable to get write lock on /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.2: already locked
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

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Ben Andersen (ben72) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #764701, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
visibility: private → public
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in apt-xapian-index (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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