Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Dave Howorth <dhoworth@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> [10-21-10 10:21]:
I'm getting a message "Accessing the Package Management Failed" whenever I try to start online update in yast. It tells me the pid of a non-existent packagekitd process which it claims is holding a lock.
What do I need to do to recover?
If the process does not exist, go to /var/lock and remove the associated lock.
And what might have caused the problem?
unclean process termination, ie: kill -9 <pid>
Thanks for the fast answer, Patrick. OOPS! Finger trouble, sorry. It's not a non-existent process, it's a running one. We had network problems this morning that have left me more befuddled than usual. So let me try again ... I'm getting a message "Accessing the Package Management Failed" whenever I try to start online update in yast. It tells me the pid of a RUNNING packagekitd process which is holding a lock. I don't know anything about packagekitd. What do I need to do to recover? And what might have caused the problem? Thanks, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org