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Synaptic - Reload - Error - "Unable to lock the list directory"

Bug #119650 reported by Ohb01
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synaptic (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: synaptic

1. In Ubuntu 7.04, Go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager
2. Click Reload button near the top left
3. Error message:

Could not download all repository indexes
The repository might be no longer available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and the correct writing of the repository address in the preferences.

4. Click Close button
5. Another Error Message:

An error occured
The following details are provided:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the list directory

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jun 10 01:05:00 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
Package: synaptic 0.57.11.1ubuntu14
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: /usr/sbin/synaptic
ProcCwd: /home/dan
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic
Uname: Linux U-desktop 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Wed May 23 01:46:23 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package

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Ohb01 (ohb01) wrote :
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Ohb01 (ohb01) wrote :

I've just noticed that somebody or something (Bug Reporting System? Launchpad?) had added "UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package". Does this mean that my version of Synaptic is not the real one that I should have?

Should I be worried about security? If my package manager is not the real one, then how do I know that what it installs or updates is genuine?

Thanks.

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Ohb01 (ohb01) wrote :

On a more positive note, Synaptic and Update manager have started working again, without any change on my part, or explanation from the system. On the other hand, if one or both of these programs are not genuine (see above at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/119650/comments/2 ), then I'm not sure that it's such good news that they're working.

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Hew (hew) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

Changed in synaptic:
status: New → Incomplete
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Hew (hew) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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