[olug] Two Ubuntu related problems

[John Moran]

I have only gotten the second message while Synaptic was running and I
then ran apt-get from the command line (forgetting I still had
Synaptic open).

On 1/23/06, Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have two problems Ubuntu related...
>
> 1)
> I have Ubuntu 5.10 and SUSE 9.3 Professional dual
> booting.  My HP 842c used to work in Ubuntu but
> doesn't any longer.  I've tried "lpstat -a" in a shell
> and got "HP-Deskjet-842 accepting requests since Jan
> 01 00:00"
>
> I'm using CUPS.
>
> When using OpenOffice 2.0 I get the print popup screen
> the a prompt "Error while printing".  In other
> applications from the desktop I get NO response at
> all.
>
> I also tried switching cables with no difference.
>
>
> The printer works fine in SUSE 9.3 Professional.
>
> 2)  I have problems updating Ubuntu...I get this
> prompt "UNABLE TO GET EXCLUSIVE LOCK --  This usually
> means that another package management application
> system like apt-get or aptitude is already running.
> Please close that application first."
>
>
> Ubuntu documentation is not very straightforward (at
> keast for me).
>
>
>
> Thanks.
> Joe Gulizia
>
>
>
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