Can some kind person tell me what this means and how to correct it?  I
have searched for answers in the Google archives and tried to find a
solution using my limited knowledge to no avail.

I am using the latest version of GenieOS, formerly known as Debian Pure.

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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:33:59 -0700, Bitey
<bitey@batcave.rafters> wrote:
> Can some kind person tell me what this means and how to correct it?  I
> have searched for answers in the Google archives and tried to find a
> solution using my limited knowledge to no avail.
>
This message is usually caused by an error in a package install or
remove script.  The scripts are found in
/var/lib/dpkg/info/packagename.*

> I am using the latest version of GenieOS, formerly known as Debian Pure.
>
If you are using a testing or unstable version, you may have to wait a
few days for a bug fix.  Or if you can find the script that causes the
error, you could insert an "exit 0".

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Bill Marcum wrote this gem.  Seriously...  :

> On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:33:59 -0700, Bitey
>   <bitey@batcave.rafters> wrote: 
> This message is usually caused by an error in a package install or
> remove script.  The scripts are found in
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/packagename.*
> 
> If you are using a testing or unstable version, you may have to wait a
> few days for a bug fix.  Or if you can find the script that causes the
> error, you could insert an "exit 0".

Thank you for your reply.  I have narrowed it down to an error while
installing the following:

The following NEW packages will be installed:
samba samba-common samba-dbg
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get
6591kB/11.1MB of archives. After unpacking 40.4MB of additional disk space
will be used. Get:1 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main
samba-dbg 3.0.14a-3sarge2 [6591kB] Fetched 6591kB in 37s (176kB/s)
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
another process (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_3.0.14a-3sarge2_i386.deb (--unpack):
files list file for package `samba' contains empty filename
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_3.0.14a-3sarge2_i386.deb
Processing was halted because there were too many errors. E: Sub-process
/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) RESULT=100

The line that starts with 'debconf: DbDriver "config":'  has me stumped.
Locked by another process??  Can you (or anyone) shed some light on how I
would find out which process is locked and why?

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Bitey wrote this gem.  Seriously...  :

> Bill Marcum wrote this gem.  Seriously...  :
> 
>
> Thank you for your reply.  I have narrowed it down to an error while
> installing the following:
>
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   samba samba-common samba-dbg
> 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get
> 6591kB/11.1MB of archives. After unpacking 40.4MB of additional disk space
> will be used. Get:1 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main
> samba-dbg 3.0.14a-3sarge2 [6591kB] Fetched 6591kB in 37s (176kB/s)
> debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
> another process (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_3.0.14a-3sarge2_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  files list file for package `samba' contains empty filename
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_3.0.14a-3sarge2_i386.deb
> Processing was halted because there were too many errors. E: Sub-process
> /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) RESULT=100
>
> The line that starts with 'debconf: DbDriver "config":'  has me stumped.
> Locked by another process??  Can you (or anyone) shed some light on how I
> would find out which process is locked and why?

Addendum:  Nevermind, thanks anyway, I decided to reinstall and be more
careful about what I install as extras.

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